- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 16, 1907 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 6.26 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.26
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.87
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.37
Other earthquake records of 1907 CE
- Tajikistan, Karatag · Ms 7.4 · 12,000 deaths
- Indonesia, NW SUMATRA: GUNUNGSITOLi, Barus · Mw 8.2 · 2,188 deaths
- Jamaica, Kingston · Mw 6.2 · 1,000 deaths
- Italy, Ferruzano · Ms 5.9 · 158 deaths
- Mexico, Guerrero · Ms 8.3 · 8 deaths
- Philippines, Se Luzon: Camarines · Ms 7.6 · 2 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.
- VooruitAugust 16, 1907open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesAugust 15, 1907open in archive ↗
- Daily ColonistAugust 15, 1907open 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 1907 Albania earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1907 CE) happen?
- August 16, 1907 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.