- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 12, 1898 CE
- Location:
- Central Dalmatia
- Magnitude:
- 5.14 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.14
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.48
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- AHEAD: Mw 5.14
Other earthquake records of 1898 CE
- China, Xinjiang · Ms 6 · 47 deaths
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 5.5 · 12 deaths
- Chile, Concepcion · Ms 6.5 · 6 deaths
- California, N Coast, Mendocino County
- Nicaragua, Leon, Chinandega, Managua · Ms 7.9
- Japan, Sanriku · Ms 7.2
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.
- VooruitDecember 12, 1898open in archive ↗
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1898 Central Dalmatia earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1898 CE) happen?
- December 12, 1898 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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