- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 1, 1794 CE
- Location:
- Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters
- Magnitude:
- 4.5 Mw
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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
- AHEAD: Mw 4.5
Other earthquake records of 1794 CE
- Venezuela, Cumana
- Austria · Mw 4.87
- Austria · Mw 3.93
- Italy · Mw 5.96
- Greece · Mw 6.7
- Iran, Kashan
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.
- The Key of the Office of the Princes of EuropeJanuary 1, 1794open in archive ↗
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1794 Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1794 CE) happen?
- January 1, 1794 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.