- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 25, 1836 CE
- Location:
- Calabria settentrionale
- Magnitude:
- 6.19 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 6.19
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.18
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
Other earthquake records of 1836 CE
- Italy, Rossano, Crosia, Craco, Basilicata · 589 deaths
- Italy, Basilicata · 21 deaths
- Flores Sea · Ms 7.5
- Chile, Cobija · Ms 7.5
- Flores Sea
- California
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 GlamorganApril 23, 1836open in archive ↗
- Journal of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgApril 23, 1836open in archive ↗
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgApril 27, 1836open in archive ↗
- Dagblad van 's GravenhageApril 22, 1836open 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 1836 Calabria settentrionale earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1836 CE) happen?
- April 25, 1836 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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