- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 26, 1805 CE
- Location:
- Molise
- Magnitude:
- 6.67 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.67
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.68
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
- AHEAD: Mw 5.11
Other earthquake records of 1805 CE
- Italy, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia · 5,600 deaths
- Colombia, Honda, Mariquita · Mw 6.1 · 200 deaths
- Caucasus · Mw 4.76
- France · Mw 4.3
- Venezuela, Cumana
- Iran, Babol
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 1805 Molise earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1805 CE) happen?
- July 26, 1805 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.