- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 6, 1895 CE
- Location:
- Durres
- Magnitude:
- 6.24 Mw
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):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.24
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- AHEAD: Mw 5.14
Other earthquake records of 1895 CE
- Iran, Quchan · Ms 6.8 · 1,000 deaths
- Greece, Margarition-Filiates (Thesprotia) · Mw 6.3 · 80 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Slovenia: Ljubljana · Ms 6.1 · 7 deaths
- Philippines, N Mindoro: Calapan
- Albania, Himara
- Myanmar (Burma), Rangoon
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 1895 Durres earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1895 CE) happen?
- August 6, 1895 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.