- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 3, 1868 CE
- Location:
- Pagondas
- Magnitude:
- 5.78 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1868 CE
- Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Colombia: San Pablo · Ms 7.7 · 70,000 deaths
- Chile, Arica · Ms 8.5 · 25,000 deaths
- Hawaii, Se Of · Mfa 7.9 · 77 deaths
- California, Hayward, San Francisco · ML 6.8 · 30 deaths
- Mexico, San Jose De Iturbide, Puebla, Veracruz
- Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Kazakhstan: Turkestan · M 6.5
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 WortMay 3, 1868open in archive ↗
- L'UnionMay 3, 1868open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgMay 3, 1868open in archive ↗
- L'avenirMay 2, 1868open in archive ↗
- Potter's electric newsMay 6, 1868open 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 1868 Pagondas earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1868 CE) happen?
- May 3, 1868 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.
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