- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 25, 1889 CE
- Location:
- Aitoliko
- Magnitude:
- 6.53 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.53
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7
- AHEAD: Mw 5.89
Other earthquake records of 1889 CE
- Greece, Lesbos · M 6.9 · 25 deaths
- Japan, Kumamoto · Ms 6.3 · 20 deaths
- Kazakhstan, Cilik, Alma-Ata · M 8.3
- Mexico, Guerrero
- Greece, Aeghion (Achaia), Agrinion (Aetolia)
- Philippines, Mindanao, Mindoro · Ms 6.8
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 1889 Aitoliko earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1889 CE) happen?
- August 25, 1889 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.