- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December, 1815 CE
- Location:
- Hierapetra
- Magnitude:
- 6.25 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 6.25
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1815 CE
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 6.8 · 13,000 deaths
- Indonesia, Bali · Mw 7.3 · 11,453 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 6.5 · 111 deaths
- Greece, Crete
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Tamazulapan
- Greece, Ionian Islands: Lefkas
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 1815 Hierapetra earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1815 CE) happen?
- December, 1815 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.