- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 8, 1821 CE
- Location:
- Melilla
- Magnitude:
- 4.52 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 4.52
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.26
- AHEAD: Mw 4.52
Other earthquake records of 1821 CE
- Peru, Camana, Ocona, Caraveli · 162 deaths
- United Kingdom, Britian · 3 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Romania, Moldova · Ms 6.7
- Morocco, Melilla
- Greece, Zakinthos (Zante)
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 1821 Melilla earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1821 CE) happen?
- April 8, 1821 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.