- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 8, 1832 CE
- Location:
- Crotonese
- Magnitude:
- 6.64 Mw
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: Mw 6.64
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.65
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- AHEAD: Mw 4.2
Other earthquake records of 1832 CE
- Italy, Foligno · 22 deaths
- Italy, Cutro
- Romania · Mw 5.44
- Italy · Mw 6.43
- Romania · Mw 5.6
- Afghanistan
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.
- Dagblad van 's GravenhageMarch 7, 1832open in archive ↗
- Journal of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgMarch 7, 1832open in archive ↗
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgMarch 10, 1832open 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 1832 Crotonese earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1832 CE) happen?
- March 8, 1832 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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