- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 18, 1876 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 4.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
Other earthquake records of 1876 CE
- Indonesia, Buru Island, Ceram Sea · Ms 6.8
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6
- Japan, Ryukyu Islands
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- Spain · Mw 4.26
- Turkey
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 WortJanuary 18, 1876open in archive ↗
- D'WäschfraJanuary 15, 1876open 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 1876 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 4.7) (1876 CE) happen?
- January 18, 1876 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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