- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 9, 1873 CE
- Location:
- Samothrake Island
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):
Other earthquake records of 1873 CE
- El Salvador, Santa Tomas, San Vicente · 800 deaths
- El Salvador, Salvador, San Vicente · 300 deaths
- Italy, Bellunese · 55 deaths
- Italy, Sora, Donato
- France, Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone, Donzere, Viviers
- Greece, Vathy-Chora (Samos)
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 WortNovember 8, 1873open in archive ↗
- D'WäschfraNovember 8, 1873open 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 1873 Samothrake Island earthquake (deprem) (1873 CE) happen?
- November 9, 1873 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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