- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 14, 1851 CE
- Location:
- Melfi
- Magnitude:
- 5.49 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.49
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.52
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.48
- AHEAD: Mw 6.49
Other earthquake records of 1851 CE
- Albania, Vlore (Valona), Berat, Turkey · Ms 6.6 · 2,000 deaths
- Italy, Melfi, Rapolla, Barile, Rionero, Mt Vulture · 671 deaths
- Albania, Berat · 400 deaths
- Albania
- Chile, Valparaiso · Ms 7.1
- Turkey, Fethiye, Greece: Rhodes · Mw 7.1
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 1851 Melfi earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1851 CE) happen?
- August 14, 1851 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.