- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 18, 1869 CE
- Location:
- Vlore
- Magnitude:
- 5.89 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 5.89
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.56
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- AHEAD: Mw 6.23
Other earthquake records of 1869 CE
- Algeria, Biskra · 40 deaths
- Greece, Leukas (Ionian Islands) · Mw 6.2 · 15 deaths
- Turkey, Gulf Of Keramos, Mentese · Ms 7.5 · 3 deaths
- India, Assam: Cachar, Silchar · 2 deaths
- Philippines, Masbate Island · Ms 7
- Colombia, Bogota, Venezuela: San Cristobal
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 1869 VLORE earthquake (Mw 5.9) (1869 CE) happen?
- March 18, 1869 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.