- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 12, 1856 CE
- Magnitude:
- 5.5 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
Other earthquake records of 1856 CE
- Indonesia, Sangihe Pulau (Volcanic) · 2,806 deaths
- Greece, Crete, Egypt · 600 deaths
- China, Hubei Province · Ms 5.5 · 300 deaths
- Japan, Oshima · Ms 8 · 26 deaths
- Algeria, Northern · 8 deaths
- Algeria, Northern · 5 deaths
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1856 earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1856 CE) happen?
- January 12, 1856 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.