- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 6, 1866 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.6 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 6.6
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.8
- AHEAD: Mw 6.33
Other earthquake records of 1866 CE
- Turkey, Goynuk · Ms 7.2 · 675 deaths
- Albania, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore · 60 deaths
- Albania, Narta, Vlore, Kanina · Mw 6.6 · 60 deaths
- Philippines, N Luzon: Laoag
- Albania · M 6.7
- Nepal, Kathmandu
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 WortFebruary 6, 1866open in archive ↗
- L'UnionFebruary 6, 1866open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerFebruary 6, 1866open in archive ↗
- Courier of the Grand Duchy of LuxembourgFebruary 6, 1866open in archive ↗
- Potter's electric newsFebruary 7, 1866open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgFebruary 7, 1866open 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 1866 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1866 CE) happen?
- February 6, 1866 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.