- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 11, 1904 CE
- Location:
- 4 km SE of Megálo Chorió, Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
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):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
Other earthquake records of 1904 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6 · 400 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.3 · 145 deaths
- Greece, Samos, Patmos · Mw 6.1 · 4 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6 · 3 deaths
- Russia, Off Kamchatka · Ms 8.3
- Bulgaria, Struma · Ms 7.5
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.
- Daily ColonistAugust 11, 1904open in archive ↗
- VooruitAugust 11, 1904open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesAugust 9, 1904open in archive ↗
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.1 - 4 km SE of Megálo Chorió, Greece (1904 CE) happen?
- August 11, 1904 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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