- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 3, 1831 CE
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 100 km
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 6.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1831 CE
- Barbados, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Antigua · 3,000 deaths
- China, Anhui Province · Ms 6.3 · 33 deaths
- Italy, Coast Of Liguria · 4 deaths
- Chile, Arica, Peru: Tacna, Arequipa · M 7.8
- Italy, Reggio Di Calabria
- Greece, Samos (Dodecanese)
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 de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgAugust 3, 1831open in archive ↗
- Journal of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgAugust 6, 1831open 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 1831 earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1831 CE) happen?
- August 3, 1831 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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