- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 28, 1890 CE
- Location:
- Central Slovakia
- Magnitude:
- 4.46 Mw
- Depth:
- 5 km
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):
- AHEAD: Mw 4.46
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.1
Other earthquake records of 1890 CE
- Iran, Tash, Astrabad (Gorgan), Bastam, Shakhrud · Ms 7.2 · 171 deaths
- Indonesia, Bandaneira
- Indonesia, Java: Pati
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 5.5
- Slovakia · Mw 4.1
- Philippines, Samar, Leyte: Catbalogan, Barugo
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 1890 Central Slovakia earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1890 CE) happen?
- January 28, 1890 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.