- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 9, 1801 CE
- Location:
- Peñón Velez de la Gomera
- Magnitude:
- 4.52 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 4.52
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.26
Other earthquake records of 1801 CE
- Mexico, Oaxaca · M 7 · 7 deaths
- Spain · Mw 4.26
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Morocco · Mw 4.26
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 4.3
- Switzerland
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 1801 Peñón Velez de la Gomera earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1801 CE) happen?
- August 9, 1801 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.