- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 13, 1912 CE
- Location:
- 30 km SW of Kumbağ, Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.72 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 6.72
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.32
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
Other earthquake records of 1912 CE
- Turkey, Marmara Sea · Mw 7.2 · 2,800 deaths
- Mexico, Central, Acambay, Tixmadeje · Mw 6.7 · 202 deaths
- Greece, Asprogerakas (Kephallenia) · Mw 6.4 · 8 deaths
- Mexico, Guadalajara · M 6
- Peru, Huancabamba, Cajamarca, Ecuador: Guayaquil · Ms 7
- Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay, Mogok, Maymyo · Ms 8
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.
- VooruitSeptember 13, 1912open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesSeptember 12, 1912open 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 6.7 - 30 km SW of Kumbağ, Turkey (1912 CE) happen?
- September 13, 1912 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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