- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 15, 1811 CE
- Location:
- Zakynthos
- Magnitude:
- 5.98 Mw
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 5.98
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1811 CE
- China, Sichuan Province: E. Of Ganze · Ms 6.5 · 480 deaths
- Taiwan, Danshui: Off West Coast · Ms 7 · 21 deaths
- Chile, Valparaiso
- Arkansas, Northeast (New Madrid Earthquakes) · Mw 7.5
- Philippines, Camarines
- Georgia, Kakhetiya · M 4.2
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 gazetteJune 13, 1811open 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 1811 Zakynthos earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1811 CE) happen?
- June 15, 1811 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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