What the records say
- When
- 3 Apr 1881
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Where
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 38.25° N, 26.25° E
- Deaths
- 7866
- Intensity mmi
- 11
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1881 Chios earthquake
Earthquake on the island of Chios in 1881
The 1881 Chios earthquake occurred at 13:40 local time on 3 April. It caused severe damage on the island of Chios and also affected Çeşme and Alaçatı on the coast of Ottoman Ionia, now in Turkey. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.3 and there were an estimated 7,866 casualties.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — Chios”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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