- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 17, 1820 CE
- Location:
- Chios
- Magnitude:
- 5.92 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 5.92
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
Other earthquake records of 1820 CE
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Makasar · Ms 7.5 · 500 deaths
- China, Henan Province · Ms 6 · 430 deaths
- Greece, Zakinthos (Zante) · Ms 6.9 · 388 deaths
- Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz · Ms 7.6
- Iran, Shiraz
- Greece, Levkas · Mw 6.2
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.
- Arnhemsche courantMarch 18, 1820open 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 1820 Chios earthquake (Mw 5.9) (1820 CE) happen?
- March 17, 1820 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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