- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 22, 1860 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.14 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.14
- AHEAD: Mw 6.2
Other earthquake records of 1860 CE
- Haiti, Anse-A-Veau · Ms 7.5
- Peru, Lima, Callao
- Indonesia, Halmahera Island
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Minahassa
- Peru, Tacna
- Albania, Gjirokaster
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 WortAugust 22, 1860open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerAugust 22, 1860open in archive ↗
- Courier of the Grand Duchy of LuxembourgAugust 22, 1860open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgAugust 23, 1860open in archive ↗
- The illustrated Usk observer and Raglan heraldAugust 25, 1860open 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 1860 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1860 CE) happen?
- August 22, 1860 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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