- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 29, 1806 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 4.26 Mw
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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.26
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.76
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.56
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
Other earthquake records of 1806 CE
- Mexico, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Michoacan · Ms 7.5 · 2,000 deaths
- China, Tibet (Xizang Province): Shannan (Lhoka) · Ms 7.7 · 100 deaths
- Spain, Granada · Mw 5.3 · 13 deaths
- California, Santa Barbara
- Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea
- Peru, Lima · Ms 7.5
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 1806 Spain earthquake (Mw 4.3) (1806 CE) happen?
- October 29, 1806 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.