- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 14, 1843 CE
- Location:
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Dubrovnik
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Ms
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1843 CE
- Guadeloupe, Pointe-A-Pitre · M 8.3 · 5,000 deaths
- Iran, Khvoy (Khoy) · 1,000 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido: Yezo, Kushiro, Nemuro · Ms 8.4 · 45 deaths
- India, Deccan
- New Zealand, Wanganui · Ms 7.5
- Iran, Azarbaijan: Khvoy (Khoy)
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgSeptember 13, 1843open in archive ↗
- The GlamorganSeptember 16, 1843open in archive ↗
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 1843 CE Earthquake — Balkans Nw, Croatia: Dubrovnik happen?
- September 14, 1843 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.
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