- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 7, 1801 CE
- Location:
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters
- Magnitude:
- 4.3 Mw
- Depth:
- 9 km
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 4.3
- AHEAD: Mw 3.83
Other earthquake records of 1801 CE
- Mexico, Oaxaca · M 7 · 7 deaths
- Spain · Mw 4.26
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Morocco · Mw 4.26
- Italy · Mw 4.9
- Switzerland
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 1801 United Kingdom and adjacent waters earthquake (Mw 4.3) (1801 CE) happen?
- September 7, 1801 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.