- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 6, 1895 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 6.06 Mw
- Depth:
- 33 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.4
- AHEAD: Mw 5.14
- AHEAD: Mw 6.24
Other earthquake records of 1895 CE
- Iran, Quchan · Ms 6.8 · 1,000 deaths
- Greece, Margarition-Filiates (Thesprotia) · Mw 6.3 · 80 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Slovenia: Ljubljana · Ms 6.1 · 7 deaths
- Philippines, N Mindoro: Calapan
- Albania, Himara
- Myanmar (Burma), Rangoon
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 1895 Albania earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1895 CE) happen?
- August 6, 1895 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.