- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 12, 1881 CE
- Location:
- Chios
- 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: Ms 7.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.9
Other earthquake records of 1881 CE
- Greece, Khios, Turkey: Cesme · Ms 7.3 · 7,866 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 6.5 · 480 deaths
- Italy, Ischia Island · 121 deaths
- Turkey, Van, Nemrut · 95 deaths
- Turkey · M 6.1 · 12 deaths
- Taiwan, S of XINZHU · Ms 5.5 · 11 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.
- Luxemburger WortApril 12, 1881open 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 1881 Chios earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1881 CE) happen?
- April 12, 1881 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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