- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 28, 1846 CE
- Location:
- Heraklio
- Magnitude:
- 7.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 90 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 7.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.2
Other earthquake records of 1846 CE
- Italy, Orciano, Luciana · Ms 6.1 · 56 deaths
- Greece, Messini-Micromani (Messinia) · 30 deaths
- Italy, Siracusa (Syracuse)
- India · M 7.5
- Indonesia, N. Moluccas Islands · Ms 7.3
- Peru · Ms 7.9
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 1846 Heraklio earthquake (Mw 7.2) (1846 CE) happen?
- March 28, 1846 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.