- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 4, 1905 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 5.6 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 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 5.6
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
Other earthquake records of 1905 CE
- India, Kangra · Mw 7.9 · 19,000 deaths
- Italy, Monteleone, Tropea, Monte Poro · Ms 7.1 · 557 deaths
- Albania, Shkoder · M 6.6 · 120 deaths
- Japan, Off Fukushima · Ms 7 · 57 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 5 · 13 deaths
- Japan, Aki · Ms 7.8 · 11 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.
- VooruitDecember 4, 1905open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesDecember 6, 1905open in archive ↗
- Daily ColonistDecember 6, 1905open 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 1905 Turkey earthquake (Mw 5.6) (1905 CE) happen?
- December 4, 1905 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.
← All natural disasters · Disasters in Republic of Turkey · Today in history