- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 23, 1806 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.2
- AHEAD: Mw 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1806 CE
- Mexico, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Michoacan · Ms 7.5 · 2,000 deaths
- China, Tibet (Xizang Province): Shannan (Lhoka) · Ms 7.7 · 100 deaths
- Spain, Granada · Mw 5.3 · 13 deaths
- California, Santa Barbara
- Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea
- Peru, Lima · Ms 7.5
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1806 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1806 CE) happen?
- January 23, 1806 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.