- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1844 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
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 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.2
Other earthquake records of 1844 CE
- Iran, Kashan, Qamsar, Kamu, Kushian, Chuka · Ms 6.4 · 1,500 deaths
- Turkey, Osmancik, Ankara · 200 deaths
- Iran, Miyaneh, Garmrud, Esfahan · Ms 6.9
- Nicaragua, San Juan Del Norte(Greytown)
- Saint Vincent, Kingstown
- Puerto Rico, San Juan, St Thomas
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 1844 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1844 CE) happen?
- 1844 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.