- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 25, 1856 CE
- Location:
- Chios
- Magnitude:
- 6.13 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 6.13
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1856 CE
- Indonesia, Sangihe Pulau (Volcanic) · 2,806 deaths
- Greece, Crete, Egypt · 600 deaths
- China, Hubei Province · Ms 5.5 · 300 deaths
- Japan, Oshima · Ms 8 · 26 deaths
- Algeria, Northern · 8 deaths
- Algeria, Northern · 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 WortNovember 26, 1856open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerNovember 26, 1856open in archive ↗
- Courier of the Grand Duchy of LuxembourgNovember 23, 1856open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgNovember 27, 1856open in archive ↗
- De Noord-Brabanter : staat- en letterkundig dagbladNovember 22, 1856open in archive ↗
- The illustrated Usk observer and Raglan heraldNovember 22, 1856open 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 1856 Chios earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1856 CE) happen?
- November 25, 1856 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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