1826 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.7) (1826 CE)

Earthquake · Italy · February 1, 1826 CE

Type:
Earthquake
Date:
February 1, 1826 CE
Location:
Italy
Magnitude:
5.74 Mw

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 5.74
  • AHEAD: Mw 5.75

Other earthquake records of 1826 CE

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 1826 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.7) (1826 CE) happen?
February 1, 1826 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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