- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 18, 1900 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 4.82 Mw
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 4.82
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.22
Other earthquake records of 1900 CE
- Turkey, Kars, Karakurt, Kagizman, Digor · Ms 5.9 · 140 deaths
- Venezuela, Macuto · Mw 7.7 · 25 deaths
- Indonesia, Nw. Irian Jaya · Ms 6.9 · 5 deaths
- Alaska, Se. Alaska · 5 deaths
- Costa Rica · Ms 7.5
- Mexico · Mw 7.3
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.
- Victoria Daily TimesJanuary 18, 1900open in archive ↗
- VooruitJanuary 18, 1900open in archive ↗
- Daily ColonistJanuary 15, 1900open 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 1900 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 4.8) (1900 CE) happen?
- January 18, 1900 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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