- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 27, 1917 CE
- Location:
- 9 km SSE of Epitálio, Greece
- Magnitude:
- 5.45 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 5.45
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.6
Other earthquake records of 1917 CE
- Guatemala, Guatemala City · Ms 6 · 2,650 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 1,800 deaths
- Indonesia, Bali · Ms 6.6 · 1,500 deaths
- Taiwan, Puli · Ms 6.3 · 54 deaths
- Philippines, S Mindanao: Glan, Glan Padidu, Tuyan · Ms 6.4 · 7 deaths
- Colombia, Bogota, Ubaque, Soacha, Caqueza · Ms 7.3 · 3 deaths
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.
- Victoria Daily TimesDecember 27, 1917open in archive ↗
- VooruitDecember 27, 1917open in archive ↗
- Gedenkblatt Gold in die Bank! Schwert in die Hand! Gut und Blut fürs Vaterland! Aus Vaterlandsliebe und Pflichtgefühl brachte die Schülerin Gerda Hanne aus Hamburg Mark 25. 150. -- Gold zur Reichsbank : HamburgDecember 29, 1917open in archive ↗
- Zur Erinnerung an die Weihnachtsfeier im Suedlager Lofthouse ParkDecember 24, 1917open 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 5.5 - 9 km SSE of Epitálio, Greece (1917 CE) happen?
- December 27, 1917 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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