- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 11, 1867 CE
- Location:
- Lesbos, Edremit, Ayvalik
- Magnitude:
- 5.82 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.82
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.4
- AHEAD: Mw 6.22
- AHEAD: Mw 5.82
Other earthquake records of 1867 CE
- Taiwan, Chilung (Keelung) · Mw 7 · 580 deaths
- Greece, Mitilini, Turkey: Izmir · Ms 7 · 563 deaths
- Greece, Cephalonia · Mw 7.2 · 223 deaths
- Algeria, El Affroun · 70 deaths
- Virgin Islands · Mw 7.3 · 24 deaths
- Indonesia, Java: Jogyakarta, Surakarta · 5 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 1867 Lesbos, Edremit, Ayvalik earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1867 CE) happen?
- April 11, 1867 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.