- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 27, 1894 CE
- Location:
- Locris-Central Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.91 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 6.91
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- AHEAD: Mw 6.77
Other earthquake records of 1894 CE
- Turkey · Ms 6.7 · 1,349 deaths
- Japan, Syonai · Ms 7 · 726 deaths
- Venezuela, Merida, Tovar, Colombia: N Santander · Ms 7.1 · 400 deaths
- Greece, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris) · Ms 6.7 · 255 deaths
- Italy, Palmi, Santa Cristina · 101 deaths
- Japan, Tokyo · Ms 7.5 · 24 deaths
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 1894 Locris-Central Greece earthquake (Mw 6.9) (1894 CE) happen?
- April 27, 1894 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.