- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 29, 1851 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 6.06 Mw
- Depth:
- 13 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 6.06
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.6
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.36
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.66
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
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.
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche courant : staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentiebladDecember 29, 1851open in archive ↗
- Luxemburger WortDecember 28, 1851open in archive ↗
- De Nederlander : nieuwe Utrechtsche courant : (staatkundig- nieuws-, handels- en advertentie-blad) / onder red. van J. van HallDecember 30, 1851open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerDecember 27, 1851open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgDecember 27, 1851open in archive ↗
- Yr amserauDecember 31, 1851open 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 1851 Albania earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1851 CE) happen?
- December 29, 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.