- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 23, 1887 CE
- Location:
- Liguria occidentale
- 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: M 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.27
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.93
- AHEAD: Mw 3.87
Other earthquake records of 1887 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 2,000 deaths
- Italy, Ligurian Coast · M 6.5 · 600 deaths
- Mexico, Bavispe · Mw 7.4 · 51 deaths
- Algeria, Kalaa · 20 deaths
- Kazakhstan, Vernensk · M 7.3
- Philippines, Se Luzon: Camarines, Nueva Caceres
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.
- Luxemburger WortFebruary 23, 1887open in archive ↗
- VooruitFebruary 23, 1887open 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 1887 Liguria occidentale earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1887 CE) happen?
- February 23, 1887 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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