- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 26, 1838 CE
- Location:
- Strido
- Magnitude:
- 3.8 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1838 CE
- Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Jaffa), Palestine · 3,000 deaths
- Romania, Carpathian Fold, Vrancea · M 6.9 · 42 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Croatia · M 5.3
- Chile, Central
- California, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara · ML 7
- Myanmar (Burma), Ava (Innwa)
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.
- The GlamorganAugust 25, 1838open in archive ↗
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgAugust 25, 1838open 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 1838 Strido earthquake (Mw 3.8) (1838 CE) happen?
- August 26, 1838 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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