- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 26, 1812 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 4.6 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 4.6
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
Other earthquake records of 1812 CE
- Venezuela, La Guaira · M 7.7 · 26,000 deaths
- California, San Juan Capistrano · ML 6.9 · 40 deaths
- California, Purisima · Ms 7.5 · 1 deaths
- China, Xinjiang Province · Ms 8
- France, Beaumont, Pierrevert, Sainte Tulle, Manosque
- Italy, Roma (Rome)
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 1812 France earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1812 CE) happen?
- March 26, 1812 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.