- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February, 1816 CE
- Location:
- Appenzell-St. Gallen
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1816 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6.5 · 2,854 deaths
- Guatemala, Soloma · Ms 7.5 · 23 deaths
- Albania · Mw 5.56
- Mexico, Colima
- Portugal, Lisbon · Mb 7
- Indonesia / Malaysia, Penang Island
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 1816 Appenzell-St. Gallen earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1816 CE) happen?
- February, 1816 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.