- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 16, 1886 CE
- Location:
- Skagerrak
- Magnitude:
- 4.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 61 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 4.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
Other earthquake records of 1886 CE
- Greece, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra · Mw 6.8 · 326 deaths
- South Carolina, Charleston · Mw 7.3 · 60 deaths
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Indonesia, Koeta Radja (Atjeh)
- Venezuela, Trujillo
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 1886 Skagerrak earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1886 CE) happen?
- January 16, 1886 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.