- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 5, 1829 CE
- Location:
- Drama
- Magnitude:
- 6.96 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.96
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.3
Other earthquake records of 1829 CE
- Spain, Torrevieja, Murcia · 2,000 deaths
- China, Shandong Province · Ms 6 · 200 deaths
- Greece, Xanthi-Drama · Mw 7.3
- Chile, Valparaiso · Ms 7
- Russia, Lake Baykal (Baikal) · M 7.5
- Greece-Bulgaria
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 1829 Drama earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1829 CE) happen?
- May 5, 1829 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.