- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 28, 1885 CE
- Location:
- Messene
- Magnitude:
- 6.08 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.08
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
Other earthquake records of 1885 CE
- India, Kashmir: Srinagar · Mw 6.3 · 3,000 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 6 · 80 deaths
- Bangladesh · Mw 6.9 · 75 deaths
- Kyrgyzstan, Belovodskoje · M 6.9 · 54 deaths
- Algeria, M'sila · Mw 5.9 · 33 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 5 · 4 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 1885 Messene earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1885 CE) happen?
- March 28, 1885 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.