- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 19, 1900 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 5.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
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
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 Turkey earthquake (Mw 5.2) (1900 CE) happen?
- February 19, 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.