- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 28, 1851 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 7.1 Mw
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 7.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.79
Other earthquake records of 1851 CE
- Albania, Vlore (Valona), Berat, Turkey · Ms 6.6 · 2,000 deaths
- Italy, Melfi, Rapolla, Barile, Rionero, Mt Vulture · 671 deaths
- Albania, Berat · 400 deaths
- Albania
- Chile, Valparaiso · Ms 7.1
- Turkey, Fethiye, Greece: Rhodes · Mw 7.1
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 1851 Turkey earthquake (Mw 7.1) (1851 CE) happen?
- February 28, 1851 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.