- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 4, 1870 CE
- Location:
- Cosentino
- Magnitude:
- 6.21 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.21
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.24
Other earthquake records of 1870 CE
- China, Sichuan Province: Batang · Ms 7.3 · 2,300 deaths
- Italy, Cosenza · 136 deaths
- Greece, Itea Delphi (Phokis) · Ms 7 · 100 deaths
- Greece · M 7.5 · 100 deaths
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Zanaguia, San Francisco Ozolotepec · Ms 7.9 · 24 deaths
- Philippines, Mindanao: Davao, Blanco · 4 deaths
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 1870 Cosentino earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1870 CE) happen?
- October 4, 1870 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.