- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 17, 1879 CE
- Location:
- Bongiardo
- Magnitude:
- 4.59 Mw
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):
- AHEAD: Mw 4.59
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.59
- AHEAD: Mw 3.19
- AHEAD: Mw 2.91
Other earthquake records of 1879 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 8 · 22,000 deaths
- Iran, Bozqush, Ardabil, Gamrud, Tark, Manan · Ms 6.7 · 2,000 deaths
- Iran, Bojnurd · M 6.7 · 700 deaths
- Italy · 10 deaths
- Philippines, Nw Mindanao: Surigao
- Venezuela, Curiepe, San Juan De Los Morro
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 1879 Bongiardo earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1879 CE) happen?
- June 17, 1879 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.