- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 12, 1856 CE
- Location:
- Portugal
- Magnitude:
- 5.5 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 5.5
Other earthquake records of 1856 CE
- Indonesia, Sangihe Pulau (Volcanic) · 2,806 deaths
- Greece, Crete, Egypt · 600 deaths
- China, Hubei Province · Ms 5.5 · 300 deaths
- Japan, Oshima · Ms 8 · 26 deaths
- Algeria, Northern · 8 deaths
- Algeria, Northern · 5 deaths
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 1856 Portugal earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1856 CE) happen?
- January 12, 1856 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.