- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 26, 1876 CE
- Location:
- Nemea
- Magnitude:
- 5.85 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.85
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1876 CE
- Indonesia, Buru Island, Ceram Sea · Ms 6.8
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6
- Japan, Ryukyu Islands
- Caucasus · Mw 4.7
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- Turkey
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 WortJune 26, 1876open in archive ↗
- D'WäschfraJune 24, 1876open 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 1876 Nemea earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1876 CE) happen?
- June 26, 1876 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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