- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 12, 1915 CE
- Location:
- east of the Kuril Islands
- Magnitude:
- 5.97 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 5.97
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 8.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.83
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.33
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.58
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
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 6.0 - east of the Kuril Islands (1915 CE) happen?
- May 12, 1915 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.