- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 9, 1853 CE
- Location:
- Irpinia
- Magnitude:
- 5.59 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 5.59
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- AHEAD: Mw 4.2
Other earthquake records of 1853 CE
- Iran, Shiraz · 13,000 deaths
- Venezuela, Cumana · Ms 6.7 · 1,000 deaths
- Japan, Odawara · 79 deaths
- Greece, Thebes, Boeotia · 17 deaths
- Italy, Caposele, Calabritto, Lioni · 12 deaths
- Italy, S
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 1853 Irpinia earthquake (Mw 5.6) (1853 CE) happen?
- April 9, 1853 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.