- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 13, 1910 CE
- Location:
- 39 km WSW of Karema, Tanzania
- Magnitude:
- 6.9 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.3
Other earthquake records of 1910 CE
- Costa Rica, Cartago, San Jose · Ms 6.4 · 700 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 7.8 · 60 deaths
- Algeria, Masqueray, Kabylia · Ms 6.4 · 12 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: S. Of · Ms 7.4
- Costa Rica, Cartago · Ms 5.8
- China, Yellow Sea · Ms 6.8
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 6.9 - 39 km WSW of Karema, Tanzania (1910 CE) happen?
- December 13, 1910 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.