- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 20, 1818 CE
- Location:
- Catanese
- Magnitude:
- 6.27 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 6.27
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.28
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.57
- AHEAD: Mw 5.56
Other earthquake records of 1818 CE
- Mexico, Morelos-Guerrero, Mexico City, Guadalajara · Ms 8.2 · 2,000 deaths
- Italy, Madonie · 100 deaths
- Italy, Acireale, Catania, Calabria · 72 deaths
- Mexico · Ms 7.5
- Bulgaria
- Italy, Liguria, France: Vence, Grasse, Nice
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 1818 Catanese earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1818 CE) happen?
- February 20, 1818 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.