- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 14, 1809 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.63 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1809 CE
- South Africa, Cape Of Good Hope
- Guam
- France · Mw 4
- Greece · Mw 6.3
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Iran, Sari, Amol, Mazandaran
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 gazetteAugust 17, 1809open 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 1809 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1809 CE) happen?
- August 14, 1809 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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