- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 26, 1843 CE
- Location:
- Ston
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
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- AHEAD: Mw 5.14
Other earthquake records of 1843 CE
- Guadeloupe, Pointe-A-Pitre · M 8.3 · 5,000 deaths
- Iran, Khvoy (Khoy) · 1,000 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido: Yezo, Kushiro, Nemuro · Ms 8.4 · 45 deaths
- India, Deccan
- New Zealand, Wanganui · Ms 7.5
- Iran, Azarbaijan: Khvoy (Khoy)
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.
- Journal of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgSeptember 27, 1843open in archive ↗
- The GlamorganSeptember 23, 1843open in archive ↗
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgSeptember 23, 1843open 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 1843 Ston earthquake (deprem) (1843 CE) happen?
- September 26, 1843 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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