- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 21, 1864 CE
- Location:
- Syke
- Magnitude:
- 5.96 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 1864 CE
- Iran, Ardabil, Azerbaijan: Lenkoran, Niar · 500 deaths
- Indonesia, Irian Jaya: Manokwari · Ms 7.8 · 250 deaths
- Iraq, Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad · Ms 6.4 · 100 deaths
- Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz, Acultzingo, Acatzingo · M 7 · 20 deaths
- Off Coast Sw Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland
- Haiti, Jacmel
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 WortOctober 21, 1864open in archive ↗
- L'UnionOctober 21, 1864open in archive ↗
- Courier of the Grand Duchy of LuxembourgOctober 21, 1864open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerOctober 20, 1864open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgOctober 20, 1864open in archive ↗
- The illustrated Usk observer and Raglan heraldOctober 22, 1864open 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 1864 Syke earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1864 CE) happen?
- October 21, 1864 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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