- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 28, 1896 CE
- Location:
- North Macedonia
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 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 6.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.91
Other earthquake records of 1896 CE
- Japan, Sanriku · Mw 8.3 · 27,122 deaths
- Iran, Khvoy (Khoy) · 800 deaths
- Iran, Sangabad (Senjabad) · 300 deaths
- Indonesia, Timor: Alor Island · 250 deaths
- Japan, Senhoku, Ugo · 206 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: Fushun · Ms 5.8 · 26 deaths
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.
- VooruitSeptember 28, 1896open 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 1896 North Macedonia earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1896 CE) happen?
- September 28, 1896 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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