- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 13, 1822 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 6.85 Mw
- Depth:
- 18 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.85
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1822 CE
- Turkey, Antakya, Syria: Halab, Dimashq (Damascus) · 20,000 deaths
- Chile, Valparaiso, Quillota, Concon, Aconcagua · Ms 8.5 · 72 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 5.5 · 12 deaths
- Chile
- Turkey / Syria, Dimashq (Damascus), Halab, Cyprus
- Costa Rica, Matina · Ms 7.6
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 1822 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1822 CE) happen?
- August 13, 1822 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.