- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 18, 1853 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
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 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.3
- AHEAD: Mw 6.71
Other earthquake records of 1853 CE
- Iran, Shiraz · 13,000 deaths
- Venezuela, Cumana · Ms 6.7 · 1,000 deaths
- Japan, Odawara · 79 deaths
- Greece, Thebes, Boeotia · 17 deaths
- Italy, Caposele, Calabritto, Lioni · 12 deaths
- Italy, S
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 1853 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1853 CE) happen?
- August 18, 1853 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.