- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 23, 1812 CE
- Location:
- North of New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid Seismic Zone)
- Magnitude:
- 7.3 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.5
Other earthquake records of 1812 CE
- Venezuela, La Guaira · M 7.7 · 26,000 deaths
- California, San Juan Capistrano · ML 6.9 · 40 deaths
- California, Purisima · Ms 7.5 · 1 deaths
- China, Xinjiang Province · Ms 8
- France, Beaumont, Pierrevert, Sainte Tulle, Manosque
- Italy, Roma (Rome)
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 7.3 - North of New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid Seismic Zone) (1812 CE) happen?
- January 23, 1812 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.