- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 2, 1864 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 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
- AHEAD: Mw 5.78
Other earthquake records of 1864 CE
- Iran, Ardabil, Azerbaijan: Lenkoran, Niar · 500 deaths
- Indonesia, Irian Jaya: Manokwari · Ms 7.8 · 250 deaths
- Iraq, Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad · Ms 6.4 · 100 deaths
- Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz, Acultzingo, Acatzingo · M 7 · 20 deaths
- Off Coast Sw Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland
- Haiti, Jacmel
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 WortOctober 2, 1864open in archive ↗
- L'UnionOctober 2, 1864open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerOctober 2, 1864open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgOctober 2, 1864open in archive ↗
- The illustrated Usk observer and Raglan heraldOctober 1, 1864open in archive ↗
- Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's GravenhageSeptember 30, 1864open 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 1864 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1864 CE) happen?
- October 2, 1864 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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