- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 16, 1810 CE
- Location:
- Heraklio
- Magnitude:
- 7.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 90 km
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 7.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.5
Other earthquake records of 1810 CE
- Greece, Crete: Iraklion (Candia) · 3,000 deaths
- Japan, Oga · Ms 6.6 · 59 deaths
- Hungary · Mw 5.12
- Mexico, Baja California: Loreto · Mw 7.4
- Cuba, Havana, Santiago De Cuba
- Canary Islands, Tenerife
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 1810 Heraklio earthquake (Mw 7.5) (1810 CE) happen?
- February 16, 1810 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.