- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 4, 1797 CE
- Location:
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters
- Magnitude:
- 3.53 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 3.53
- AHEAD: Mw 3.5
Other earthquake records of 1797 CE
- Ecuador, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia · Ms 8.3 · 40,000 deaths
- Venezuela, Cumana, Cariaco · 16,000 deaths
- Sw. Sumatra · Ms 8 · 300 deaths
- France · Mw 3.6
- France · Mw 4.5
- Ukraine · Mw 3.93
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 1797 United Kingdom and adjacent waters earthquake (Mw 3.5) (1797 CE) happen?
- August 4, 1797 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.