- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 11, 1845 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.22
- AHEAD: Mw 6.28
- AHEAD: Mw 5.82
- AHEAD: Mw 5.02
Other earthquake records of 1845 CE
- Colombia, Magdalena River · Ms 4 · 1,000 deaths
- Taiwan, Zhanghua · Ms 6 · 380 deaths
- Indonesia, N Sulawesi: Menado, Tikala, Tomohon · Ms 7 · 118 deaths
- Mexico, Mexico City · Mw 8.3
- Mexico, Oaxaca · Ms 7.5
- Ethiopia
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.
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgOctober 11, 1845open in archive ↗
- Arnhemsche courantOctober 12, 1845open in archive ↗
- Courier of the Grand Duchy of LuxembourgOctober 8, 1845open 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 1845 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1845 CE) happen?
- October 11, 1845 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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