- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 19, 1850 CE
- Magnitude:
- 5.14 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 5.14
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.68
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- AHEAD: Mw 5.14
Other earthquake records of 1850 CE
- China, Sichuan: Xichang · Ms 7.5 · 20,650 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.31
- Turkey, Hudavendigar
- South Sudan, Equatoria · Ms 6
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Ston
- China, Gansu Province: Wusban · Ms 5
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 1850 earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1850 CE) happen?
- August 19, 1850 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.