- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 18, 1872 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 7.02 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1872 CE
- Iran, Quchan · M 6.3 · 4,000 deaths
- Turkey, Antakya (Antioch), Suedije · Ms 7.3 · 1,800 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Sw · Ms 7.4 · 804 deaths
- Azerbaijan, Shemakha (Semacha) · Ms 5.7 · 118 deaths
- California, Owens Valley · Mw 7.8 · 27 deaths
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico City · Ms 7.4
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 1872 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1872 CE) happen?
- April 18, 1872 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.