- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 16, 1811 CE
- Location:
- Arkansas, Northeast (New Madrid Earthquakes)
- Magnitude:
- 7.5 Mw
- Intensity (MMI):
- 11
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1811 CE
- China, Sichuan Province: E. Of Ganze · Ms 6.5 · 480 deaths
- Taiwan, Danshui: Off West Coast · Ms 7 · 21 deaths
- Arkansas, Northeast (New Madrid Earthquakes) · Mw 7
- Chile, Valparaiso
- Philippines, Camarines
- Georgia, Kakhetiya · M 4.2
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 1811 CE Earthquake — Arkansas, Northeast (New Madrid Earthquakes) happen?
- December 16, 1811 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.