- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 20, 1899 CE
- Location:
- Nazilli
- Magnitude:
- 6.67 Mw
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):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.67
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7
Other earthquake records of 1899 CE
- Indonesia, Banda Sea · Ms 7.8 · 2,460 deaths
- Turkey, Sultanhisar, Atca, Nazilli, Kuyucak, Denizli · Ms 6.7 · 1,117 deaths
- Turkey · M 5.6 · 247 deaths
- Argentina, La Rioja · 11 deaths
- California · Ms 6.4 · 6 deaths
- Alaska, Cape Yakataga · Ms 8.2
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1899 Nazilli earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1899 CE) happen?
- September 20, 1899 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.