- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 31, 1866 CE
- Location:
- Greece, Thera Island (Santorini)
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Ms
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7
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):
Other earthquake records of 1866 CE
- Turkey, Goynuk · Ms 7.2 · 675 deaths
- Albania, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore · 60 deaths
- Albania, Narta, Vlore, Kanina · Mw 6.6 · 60 deaths
- Philippines, N Luzon: Laoag
- Albania · M 6.7
- Nepal, Kathmandu
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.
- Potter's electric newsJanuary 31, 1866open in archive ↗
- Luxemburger WortJanuary 31, 1866open in archive ↗
- L'UnionJanuary 31, 1866open in archive ↗
- Courier of the Grand Duchy of LuxembourgJanuary 31, 1866open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerJanuary 30, 1866open in archive ↗
- Mail from the Grand Duchy of LuxembourgFebruary 1, 1866open in archive ↗
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1866 CE Earthquake — Greece, Thera Island (Santorini) happen?
- January 31, 1866 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.