- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 29, 1880 CE
- Location:
- Menemen
- Magnitude:
- 6.23 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 6.23
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.7
- AHEAD: Mw 5.02
Other earthquake records of 1880 CE
- Iran, Bastak, Jonah · 120 deaths
- Turkey · M 6.7 · 30 deaths
- Philippines, S Coast Luzon: Pasig River, Pampanga · Ms 7.5 · 20 deaths
- China, Gansu Province: Wenxian · Ms 5.5 · 8 deaths
- Chile, Illapel · Ms 7.7 · 2 deaths
- Philippines, Sw Of Lake Bay, Manila
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 1880 Menemen earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1880 CE) happen?
- July 29, 1880 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.