- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 22, 1879 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 6.13 Mw
- Depth:
- 11 km
Other earthquake records of 1879 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 8 · 22,000 deaths
- Iran, Bozqush, Ardabil, Gamrud, Tark, Manan · Ms 6.7 · 2,000 deaths
- Iran, Bojnurd · M 6.7 · 700 deaths
- Italy · 10 deaths
- Philippines, Nw Mindanao: Surigao
- Venezuela, Curiepe, San Juan De Los Morro
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 22, 1879open 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 1879 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1879 CE) happen?
- March 22, 1879 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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