- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 28, 1831 CE
- Location:
- Riviera di Ponente (Bussana)
- Magnitude:
- 4.7 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 4.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.56
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.73
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- AHEAD: Mw 4.11
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)
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 Riviera di Ponente (Bussana) earthquake (Mw 4.7) (1831 CE) happen?
- May 28, 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.