- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 3, 1875 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 Mw
- Depth:
- 35 km
Other earthquake records of 1875 CE
- Turkey, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka · Ms 7.3 · 1,300 deaths
- Colombia, Cucuta, San Cayetano, Villa Del Rosario · Ms 7.5 · 1,001 deaths
- New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands: Lifou Island · Mw 8.1 · 26 deaths
- Mexico, San Cristobal De La Barranca · M 7.5 · 25 deaths
- Indonesia, W Java: Kuningan · 7 deaths
- Greece, Kyparissia (Messinia)
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 WortMarch 3, 1875open in archive ↗
- D'WäschfraMarch 6, 1875open 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 1875 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1875 CE) happen?
- March 3, 1875 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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