- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 11, 1841 CE
- Location:
- Kona District, Hawaii
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Mint
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):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mint 6.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mfa 6.5
Other earthquake records of 1841 CE
- Azores, Praia Da Vitoria
- Costa Rica, Cartago, Nicaragua
- Indonesia, N. Moluccas Islands
- Indonesia, Banda Sea · Ms 6
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Russia, Off Kamchatka · Mfa 8.4
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgMarch 10, 1841open in archive ↗
- The GlamorganMarch 13, 1841open in archive ↗
- Journal of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgMarch 13, 1841open in archive ↗
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 6.1 - Kona District, Hawaii (1841 CE) happen?
- March 11, 1841 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.
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