- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 28, 1926 CE
- Location:
- 66 km NNE of Jayapura, Indonesia
- Magnitude:
- 6.02 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.02
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.64
Other earthquake records of 1926 CE
- Turkey, Armenia · Mw 5.9 · 400 deaths
- Azores, Fayal Island · Mw 5.8 · 9 deaths
- Greece, Rhodes Island, Lower Egypt · Mw 7
- Italy, N
- Japan, Ryukyu Islands · M 7.5
- Indonesia, Sumatera · Mw 6.6
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.
- Dziennik Białostocki R.4October 28, 1926open 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 6.0 - 66 km NNE of Jayapura, Indonesia (1926 CE) happen?
- October 28, 1926 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.