- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 14, 1784 CE
- Location:
- Iceland, Southland, Arnessysla, Bangar, Sysla
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1784 CE
- Turkey, Erzurum, Erzincan · 5,000 deaths
- Peru, Arequipa, Camana, Moquegua, Tambo · Ms 8 · 383 deaths
- Spain, L'arnes Syssel
- Haiti, Petit Goave, Leogane, Port-Au-Prince
- Mexico, Oaxaca
- Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1784 CE Earthquake — Iceland, Southland, Arnessysla, Bangar, Sysla happen?
- August 14, 1784 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.