- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 23, 1868 CE
- Location:
- Turkey, Erzurum
- Magnitude:
- 6.7
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
Other earthquake records of 1868 CE
- Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Colombia: San Pablo · Ms 7.7 · 70,000 deaths
- Chile, Arica · Ms 8.5 · 25,000 deaths
- Hawaii, Se Of · Mfa 7.9 · 77 deaths
- California, Hayward, San Francisco · ML 6.8 · 30 deaths
- Bangladesh, Sylhet · M 7.5
- Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Kazakhstan: Turkestan · M 6.5
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1868 CE Earthquake — Turkey, Erzurum happen?
- April 23, 1868 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.