- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 25, 1799 CE
- Location:
- Marais Breton (Bouin)
- Magnitude:
- 5.81 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 5.81
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1799 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.5 · 2,000 deaths
- France, Machecoul, Bouin, St Gilles, Nantes
- Italy, Camerino
- Italy, Camerino
- Uzbekistan, Uzgut · M 6
- Colombia, Cartago · Ms 5
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 1799 MARAIS BRETON (BOUIN) earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1799 CE) happen?
- January 25, 1799 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.