- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 23, 1915 CE
- Location:
- The 1915 Imperial Valley, California Earthquakes (Second Major Event)
- Magnitude:
- 5.9 Mw
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.9
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.57
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 5.9 - The 1915 Imperial Valley, California Earthquakes (Second Major Event) (1915 CE) happen?
- June 23, 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.