- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 20, 1883 CE
- Location:
- Golfo de Cádiz
- Magnitude:
- 5.33 Mw
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 5.33
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
Other earthquake records of 1883 CE
- Turkey, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme · Ms 7.3 · 15,000 deaths
- Italy, Ischia Is: Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno · 2,313 deaths
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 5.5
- Iran, Kangan, Taheri (Tahiri) · Ms 5.8
- Iran, Tabriz · Ms 6.2
- Colombia, Antioquia, Yarumal · Ms 6
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.
- Luxemburger WortOctober 20, 1883open in archive ↗
- Baltijas VēstnesisOctober 19, 1883open in archive ↗
- D'WäschfraOctober 21, 1883open in archive ↗
- Das Luxemburger LandOctober 21, 1883open 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 1883 Golfo de Cádiz earthquake (Mw 5.3) (1883 CE) happen?
- October 20, 1883 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.