- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 16, 1883 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 4.86 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 4.86
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
Other earthquake records of 1883 CE
- Turkey, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme · Ms 7.3 · 15,000 deaths
- Italy, Ischia Is: Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno · 2,313 deaths
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 5.5
- Iran, Kangan, Taheri (Tahiri) · Ms 5.8
- Iran, Tabriz · Ms 6.2
- Colombia, Antioquia, Yarumal · Ms 6
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 1883 Spain earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1883 CE) happen?
- January 16, 1883 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.