- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 26, 1861 CE
- Location:
- Western Gulf of Corinth
- Magnitude:
- 6.69 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.69
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 7.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.7
Other earthquake records of 1861 CE
- Argentina, Mendoza, San Luiz · 14,000 deaths
- Indonesia, Lagundi, Simuk, Tello I · Ms 8.5 · 1,105 deaths
- Indonesia, Sw. Sumatra · Ms 7 · 950 deaths
- Ethiopia, Dubbi · 106 deaths
- Greece, Achaie, Valymitika, Tripolis · M 7.5 · 17 deaths
- China, Liaoning Province · Ms 6 · 2 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 1861 Western Gulf of Corinth earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1861 CE) happen?
- December 26, 1861 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.