- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 15, 1886 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 3.66 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 3.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
Other earthquake records of 1886 CE
- Greece, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra · Mw 6.8 · 326 deaths
- South Carolina, Charleston · Mw 7.3 · 60 deaths
- Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters · Mw 4.5
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Indonesia, Koeta Radja (Atjeh)
- Venezuela, Trujillo
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 1886 Spain earthquake (Mw 3.7) (1886 CE) happen?
- January 15, 1886 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.