- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 7, 1855 CE
- Location:
- Stalden-Visp
- Magnitude:
- 3.96 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 3.96
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
Other earthquake records of 1855 CE
- Japan, Tokyo · Ms 7 · 6,757 deaths
- Turkey, Tayabas, Bursa · M 6.7 · 2,200 deaths
- Turkey, Bursa · M 6.7 · 1,300 deaths
- Turkey, Bursa · 400 deaths
- Indonesia, Maluku: Ternate Island · 34 deaths
- China, Liaoning Province · Ms 5.5 · 7 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 1855 Stalden-Visp earthquake (Mw 4.0) (1855 CE) happen?
- November 7, 1855 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.