- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 5, 1812 CE
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 130 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
Other earthquake records of 1812 CE
- Venezuela, La Guaira · M 7.7 · 26,000 deaths
- California, San Juan Capistrano · ML 6.9 · 40 deaths
- California, Purisima · Ms 7.5 · 1 deaths
- China, Xinjiang Province · Ms 8
- France, Beaumont, Pierrevert, Sainte Tulle, Manosque
- Italy, Roma (Rome)
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- North Wales gazetteMarch 5, 1812open in archive ↗
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 1812 earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1812 CE) happen?
- March 5, 1812 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.
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