- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 23, 1817 CE
- Location:
- Aigio
- Magnitude:
- 6.54 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.54
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.6
Other earthquake records of 1817 CE
- France, Chamonix Valley · M 8 · 4 deaths
- Spain, La Rioja · Mw 5.7 · 1 deaths
- Greece, Achaia: Aeghion · Ms 6.8
- South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania
- Argentina, Santiago Del Estero Province
- China, Sichuan Province: Changli
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 1817 Aigio earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1817 CE) happen?
- August 23, 1817 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.