- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 16, 1839 CE
- Location:
- North Macedonia
- Magnitude:
- 6.17 Mw
- Depth:
- 2 km
Other earthquake records of 1839 CE
- Myanmar (Burma), Ava, Amarapura · 400 deaths
- Martinique, Fort-De-France, St Pierre, Castries · M 7.8 · 390 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 129 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.5 · 117 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 100 deaths
- Venezuela, Cumana
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgJanuary 16, 1839open in archive ↗
- Journal de La HayeJanuary 18, 1839open in archive ↗
- The GlamorganJanuary 19, 1839open in archive ↗
- Journal of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgJanuary 19, 1839open in archive ↗
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 1839 North Macedonia earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1839 CE) happen?
- January 16, 1839 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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