- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March, 1878 CE
- Location:
- Istanbul
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
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1878 CE
- Venezuela, Cua, Charallave, San Diego · Ms 5.9 · 400 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 5.5 · 70 deaths
- Turkey, Izmit, Esme, Labinia · Mw 6.6 · 40 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Sea · 1 deaths
- Venezuela, Ocumare Del Tuy
- Mexico, Jalisco
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 1878 Istanbul earthquake (deprem) (1878 CE) happen?
- March, 1878 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.