- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 9, 1893 CE
- Location:
- Samothrace
- Magnitude:
- 6.84 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.84
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.91
- AHEAD: Mw 6.22
Other earthquake records of 1893 CE
- Iran, Quchan, Mashhad, Bojnurd · Ms 6.6 · 18,000 deaths
- Turkey, Malatya · Ms 6.7 · 400 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6.8 · 288 deaths
- China, Xinjiang · Ms 6.8 · 90 deaths
- Greece, Zakinthos (Zante), Gaitani-Keri · Mw 6.5 · 25 deaths
- Balkans, Nw: Popovic · 3 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.
- VooruitFebruary 9, 1893open in archive ↗
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 1893 Samothrace earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1893 CE) happen?
- February 9, 1893 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.
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