- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 1, 1848 CE
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 130 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
Other earthquake records of 1848 CE
- Taiwan, Zhanghua · Ms 6.8 · 1,001 deaths
- New Zealand, Awatere River, Marlborough · Ms 6 · 3 deaths
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Guerrero
- New Zealand, N. · Ms 7.9
- French Polynesia, Tahiti · Ms 6.5
- Morocco, Melilla
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgJanuary 1, 1848open in archive ↗
- Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant : staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentiebladJanuary 4, 1848open in archive ↗
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 1848 earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1848 CE) happen?
- January 1, 1848 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.
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