- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 15, 1848 CE
- Location:
- New Zealand, N.
- Magnitude:
- 7.9 Ms
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6
Other earthquake records of 1848 CE
- Taiwan, Zhanghua · Ms 6.8 · 1,001 deaths
- New Zealand, Awatere River, Marlborough · Ms 6 · 3 deaths
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Guerrero
- French Polynesia, Tahiti · Ms 6.5
- New Zealand, Cook Strait · Ms 6
- Morocco, Melilla
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1848 CE Earthquake — New Zealand, N. happen?
- October 15, 1848 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.