M 6.5 - 21 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece (1915 CE)

Type:

Earthquake

Date:

January 27, 1915 CE

Location:

21 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece

Magnitude:

6.46 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 6.46
• NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.7
• NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.5
• EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
• EMEC_2021: Mw 6.6
• EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8

Other earthquake records of 1915 CE

• Italy, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi · Ms 7.5 · 29,978 deaths
• China, Tibet (Xizang Province) · Ms 7 · 170 deaths
• El Salvador · Mw 7.7 · 7 deaths
• California, El Centro · M 6.2 · 6 deaths
• Peru, S · M 7.6
• Japan, Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.7

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.

• Personal-Veränderungen in der Armee Bekanntgabe am 27. Januar 1915January 27, 1915open in archive ↗
• VooruitJanuary 27, 1915open in archive ↗
• Der Krieg und das Neue Testament Vortrag gehalten zu Strassburg im Zyklus "Krieg und Christentum" am 26. Januar 1915January 26, 1915open in archive ↗
• Programm zu der am 28. Januar 1915 abends 8.15 im Club Concordia stattfindenden Geburtstagsfeier S. M. Kaiser Wilhelm II. veranstaltet vom Marine Sanitäts-Detachement TientsinJanuary 28, 1915open in archive ↗
• Victoria Daily TimesJanuary 25, 1915open in archive ↗
• Unser Seelengleichgewicht unter dem wirtschaftlichen Druck der Gegenwart Predigt über Phil. 4January 24, 1915open in archive ↗

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗

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