- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 1, 1837 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 6.85 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 6.85
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.4
Other earthquake records of 1837 CE
- Israel, Zefat (Safed), Lebanon: Beirut (Beyrout) · Ms 6.4 · 6,000 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 6 · 37 deaths
- Chile, Valdivia · Ms 8.5 · 16 deaths
- Italy · 5 deaths
- Venezuela, Santa Teresa Del Tuy, Santa Lucia
- Virgin Islands
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 1837 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1837 CE) happen?
- January 1, 1837 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.