- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 12, 1802 CE
- Location:
- Valle dell'Oglio
- Magnitude:
- 5.58 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 5.58
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.6
Other earthquake records of 1802 CE
- Japan, Nw Honshu: Sado Island, Ogi · Ms 6.6 · 19 deaths
- Venezuela, Cumana
- Antigua Island & St. Christopher
- Indonesia, Banda Sea
- Romania, Carpathian Fold, Vrancea · M 7.4
- Italy, Soncino
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 1802 Valle dell'Oglio earthquake (Mw 5.6) (1802 CE) happen?
- May 12, 1802 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.