- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 25, 1859 CE
- Location:
- Bulgaria
- Magnitude:
- 4.9 Mw
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):
Other earthquake records of 1859 CE
- Turkey, Erzurum · M 6.1 · 15,000 deaths
- Italy · 100 deaths
- Azerbaijan, Shemakha (Semacha) · M 5.9 · 100 deaths
- Chile · Ms 7.6 · 10 deaths
- S. Java Sea · 2 deaths
- Turkey, Imbros (Imroz), Lemnos · Mw 6.9
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.
- Luxemburger WortJuly 24, 1859open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgJuly 24, 1859open in archive ↗
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche courant : staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentiebladJuly 26, 1859open in archive ↗
- The illustrated Usk observer and Raglan heraldJuly 23, 1859open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerJuly 23, 1859open 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 1859 Bulgaria earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1859 CE) happen?
- July 25, 1859 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.
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