- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 19, 1878 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 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: Mw 6.6
- AHEAD: Mw 6.25
- AHEAD
Other earthquake records of 1878 CE
- Venezuela, Cua, Charallave, San Diego · Ms 5.9 · 400 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 5.5 · 70 deaths
- Turkey, Izmit, Esme, Labinia · Mw 6.6 · 40 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Sea · 1 deaths
- Venezuela, Ocumare Del Tuy
- Mexico, Jalisco
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 1878 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1878 CE) happen?
- April 19, 1878 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.