- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 11, 1922 CE
- Location:
- 52 km SSE of Fry, Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.37 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 4.984
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 6.37
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.72
Other earthquake records of 1922 CE
- Chile, Atacama · Mw 8.5 · 700 deaths
- Japan, Kyushu · 27 deaths
- Philippines, Cebu Island, Mactan Island · Ms 6.3 · 5 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 7.6 · 5 deaths
- Brazil, Sao Paulo · Mb 5.1 · 1 deaths
- Philippines, Cebu I: Cebu, Mactan I
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.
- Nowy Dziennik Białostocki R.2August 11, 1922open 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 6.4 - 52 km SSE of Fry, Greece (1922 CE) happen?
- August 11, 1922 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.