- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 1, 1869 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- AHEAD: Mw 6.77
- AHEAD: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1869 CE
- Algeria, Biskra · 40 deaths
- Greece, Leukas (Ionian Islands) · Mw 6.2 · 15 deaths
- Turkey, Gulf Of Keramos, Mentese · Ms 7.5 · 3 deaths
- India, Assam: Cachar, Silchar · 2 deaths
- Philippines, Masbate Island · Ms 7
- Colombia, Bogota, Venezuela: San Cristobal
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 1869 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1869 CE) happen?
- December 1, 1869 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.