- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 31, 1899 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 6 Mw
- Depth:
- 8 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 6
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 5.6
Other earthquake records of 1899 CE
- Indonesia, Banda Sea · Ms 7.8 · 2,460 deaths
- Turkey, Sultanhisar, Atca, Nazilli, Kuyucak, Denizli · Ms 6.7 · 1,117 deaths
- Turkey · M 5.6 · 247 deaths
- Argentina, La Rioja · 11 deaths
- California · Ms 6.4 · 6 deaths
- Alaska, Cape Yakataga · Ms 8.2
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 1899 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1899 CE) happen?
- December 31, 1899 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.