- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 16, 1829 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 4.26 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 4.26
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.56
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
Other earthquake records of 1829 CE
- Spain, Torrevieja, Murcia · 2,000 deaths
- China, Shandong Province · Ms 6 · 200 deaths
- Greece, Xanthi-Drama · Mw 7.3
- Chile, Valparaiso · Ms 7
- Russia, Lake Baykal (Baikal) · M 7.5
- Greece-Bulgaria
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 1829 Spain earthquake (Mw 4.3) (1829 CE) happen?
- April 16, 1829 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.