- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 21, 1820 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.4
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.9
- AHEAD: Mw 6.55
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
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 1820 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1820 CE) happen?
- February 21, 1820 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.