- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 20, 1827 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 6.13 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
Other earthquake records of 1827 CE
- Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab · 1,000 deaths
- Colombia, Bogota, Neiva, Popayan, Pasto, Huila · Ms 7 · 250 deaths
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 5.3 · 84 deaths
- Russia, Kamchatka
- Martinique
- Turkey, Tokat, Erbaa
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.
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgOctober 20, 1827open in archive ↗
- Overijsselsche courantOctober 23, 1827open in archive ↗
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 1827 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1827 CE) happen?
- October 20, 1827 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.
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