It caused severe damage on the island of Chios and also affected Çeşme and Alaçatı on the coast of Turkey.

[1] The number of casualties on the Turkish mainland was low, possibly due to most of the inhabitants leaving their houses to watch the passage of the passenger ship Aya Evangelistra from the shore.

Isoseismal maps show an elongation west to east with an area of intensity VIII (Severe) affecting the western end of the Karaburun Peninsula of the Turkish mainland.

A minor tsunami was reported, based on the presence of fresh sand in a garden in Chios, but there is no other information available.

[5] This followed the trend set by the other two 'catastrophes' of the 19th century that devastated the island, the massacre of Chios in 1822 and the failure of the orange crop in 1833.