- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 21, 1858 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 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
- AHEAD: Mw 6.5
Other earthquake records of 1858 CE
- Japan, Hida: N · 203 deaths
- Greece, Vieille, Korinthos, Hexamilia · 19 deaths
- Albania, Delvinon, Berati, Greece: Corfu · 12 deaths
- Portugal, Setubal · 6 deaths
- Mexico, Mexico City · Ms 7.5
- Mexico, Oaxaca
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 1858 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1858 CE) happen?
- February 21, 1858 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.