- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 20, 1808 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.85 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 4.85
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.64
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.02
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.34
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.11
Other earthquake records of 1808 CE
- Italy, Valley Of Pellice, Chisone · Ms 5.7 · 2 deaths
- Iran, Dodangeh, E Mazandaran
- Iran, Qazvin-Taleqan
- E. Awa, Tokushima Prefecture · Ms 6.5
- Morocco, Melilla
- Ecuador, Quito
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.
- North Wales gazetteApril 21, 1808open 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 1808 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.8) (1808 CE) happen?
- April 20, 1808 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.
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