- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 28, 1916 CE
- Location:
- 21 km SE of Dārchulā, Nepal
- Magnitude:
- 6.96 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.756
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 6.96
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.82
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.93
Other earthquake records of 1916 CE
- Taiwan · Ms 6.5 · 180 deaths
- Italy, Rimini · Mw 6 · 4 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 6 · 1 deaths
- Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya · Ms 8.1
- Japan, Duda · Ms 8
- Turkey · Mw 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 7.0 - 21 km SE of Dārchulā, Nepal (1916 CE) happen?
- August 28, 1916 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.