- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 23, 1888 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 5.22 Mw
- Depth:
- 12 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.22
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1888 CE
- Trinidad / Grenada, St George's · Mfa 7.5 · 1 deaths
- Costa Rica, San Jose, Ala Juela, Heredia
- China, Bohai Gulf · Ms 7.5
- New Zealand, South Island: Amuri District · M 7.3
- Greece, Aeghion (Achaia)
- Iran, Lake Irene
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 1888 Turkey earthquake (Mw 5.2) (1888 CE) happen?
- September 23, 1888 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.