- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 29, 1833 CE
- Location:
- Kastania
- Magnitude:
- 6.18 Mw
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 6.18
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
Other earthquake records of 1833 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 8 · 6,700 deaths
- Peru-Chile, Peru: Tacna, Chile: Arica · Ms 7.7 · 700 deaths
- Nepal, Kathmandu, India: Bihar, China: Tibet · Mw 7.7 · 500 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Nw · Ms 7.4 · 85 deaths
- India, Lohughar · Ms 7.5
- Chile
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.
- Nederlandsche staatscourantJune 29, 1833open in archive ↗
- The GlamorganJune 29, 1833open in archive ↗
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgJune 29, 1833open 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 1833 Kastania earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1833 CE) happen?
- June 29, 1833 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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