- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January, 1816 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 5.56 Mw
- Depth:
- 33 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 5.56
- AHEAD: Mw 5.89
Other earthquake records of 1816 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6.5 · 2,854 deaths
- Guatemala, Soloma · Ms 7.5 · 23 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Mexico, Colima
- Portugal, Lisbon · Mb 7
- Indonesia / Malaysia, Penang Island
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 1816 Albania earthquake (Mw 5.6) (1816 CE) happen?
- January, 1816 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.