- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 15, 1883 CE
- Location:
- Cesme
- Magnitude:
- 6.73 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 6.73
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- AHEAD: Mw 5.94
- AHEAD
Other earthquake records of 1883 CE
- Turkey, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme · Ms 7.3 · 15,000 deaths
- Italy, Ischia Is: Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno · 2,313 deaths
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 5.5
- Iran, Kangan, Taheri (Tahiri) · Ms 5.8
- Iran, Tabriz · Ms 6.2
- Colombia, Antioquia, Yarumal · Ms 6
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 1883 Cesme earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1883 CE) happen?
- October 15, 1883 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.