- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 30, 1884 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 4.56 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 4.56
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.56
Other earthquake records of 1884 CE
- Spain, Arenas Del Rey, Vega, Alhama, Malaga · Ms 6.7 · 745 deaths
- Iran, Qeshm I, Bandar-E-Laft, Saheli, Tonban, Direstan · 238 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.5 · 17 deaths
- New York, Rockaway Beach, Near New York City · Mfa 5.5 · 3 deaths
- El Salvador, San Vicente
- Panama, Aquadas [aguadulce], Pacora · Ms 7.5
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 1884 Spain earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1884 CE) happen?
- December 30, 1884 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.