- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 20, 1837 CE
- Location:
- Didyma
- Magnitude:
- 5.99 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.99
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1837 CE
- Israel, Zefat (Safed), Lebanon: Beirut (Beyrout) · Ms 6.4 · 6,000 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 6 · 37 deaths
- Chile, Valdivia · Ms 8.5 · 16 deaths
- Italy · 5 deaths
- Venezuela, Santa Teresa Del Tuy, Santa Lucia
- Virgin Islands
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.
- The GlamorganMarch 18, 1837open in archive ↗
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgMarch 18, 1837open in archive ↗
- Nederlandsche staatscourantMarch 22, 1837open 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 1837 Didyma earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1837 CE) happen?
- March 20, 1837 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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