- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1863 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
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 6.4
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1863 CE
- Turkey, Suhut · 800 deaths
- Iran, Nir, Ardabil · 500 deaths
- Philippines, Manila, Rizal, Bulacan · Ms 6.5 · 400 deaths
- Greece, Rhodes, Kos · Mw 7.8 · 300 deaths
- China, Xinjiang · Ms 5.5 · 9 deaths
- Turkey, Gallipoli, Gemlik · Ms 6.7 · 2 deaths
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 1863 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1863 CE) happen?
- 1863 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.