- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 14, 1855 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 6.06 Mw
- Depth:
- 33 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
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.56
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.56
Other earthquake records of 1855 CE
- Japan, Tokyo · Ms 7 · 6,757 deaths
- Turkey, Tayabas, Bursa · M 6.7 · 2,200 deaths
- Turkey, Bursa · M 6.7 · 1,300 deaths
- Turkey, Bursa · 400 deaths
- Indonesia, Maluku: Ternate Island · 34 deaths
- China, Liaoning Province · Ms 5.5 · 7 deaths
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.
- Surinaamsche courant en Gouvernements advertentie bladAugust 14, 1855open in archive ↗
- Luxemburger WortAugust 15, 1855open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerAugust 15, 1855open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgAugust 15, 1855open in archive ↗
- The illustrated Usk observer and Raglan heraldAugust 11, 1855open 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 1855 Albania earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1855 CE) happen?
- August 14, 1855 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.