- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 23, 1905 CE
- Location:
- The 1905 Bulnay (Bolnai), Mongolia Earthquake
- Magnitude:
- 8.33 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 8.012
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):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 8.33
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 8.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.19
Other earthquake records of 1905 CE
- India, Kangra · Mw 7.9 · 19,000 deaths
- Italy, Monteleone, Tropea, Monte Poro · Ms 7.1 · 557 deaths
- Albania, Shkoder · M 6.6 · 120 deaths
- Japan, Off Fukushima · Ms 7 · 57 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 5 · 13 deaths
- Japan, Aki · Ms 7.8 · 11 deaths
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 8.3 - The 1905 Bulnay (Bolnai), Mongolia Earthquake (1905 CE) happen?
- July 23, 1905 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.