- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 25, 1792 CE
- Location:
- Stamford
- Magnitude:
- 3.41 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
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 3.41
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.81
Other earthquake records of 1792 CE
- Japan, Kyusyu Island · Ms 6.4 · 15,030 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi, Tainan · Ms 6.8 · 252 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: N Of Qianning · Ms 6 · 205 deaths
- Alaska, Kodiak Island
- Japan, W. Hokkaido Island · M 6.9
- Russia, Near Kamchatka · M 8.4
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 1792 Stamford earthquake (Mw 3.4) (1792 CE) happen?
- February 25, 1792 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.