- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 7, 1867 CE
- Location:
- Kloumidados
- Magnitude:
- 6.85 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 6.85
- 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
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 WortMarch 7, 1867open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerMarch 7, 1867open in archive ↗
- Potter's electric newsMarch 6, 1867open in archive ↗
- L'UnionMarch 6, 1867open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgMarch 6, 1867open in archive ↗
- The Brecon reporterMarch 9, 1867open 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 1867 Kloumidados earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1867 CE) happen?
- March 7, 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.
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