- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 10, 1927 CE
- Location:
- 61 km ENE of Sorong, Indonesia
- Magnitude:
- 7.05 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.502
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 7.05
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1927 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Mw 7.7 · 40,912 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Sw · Ms 7.3 · 3,022 deaths
- Israel / Jordan, Damiya · Ms 6.3 · 268 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Donggala · Mw 6.2 · 50 deaths
- Taiwan · M 6.8 · 30 deaths
- Ukraine, Crimea: Sebastopol · Ms 6.8 · 11 deaths
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 7.1 - 61 km ENE of Sorong, Indonesia (1927 CE) happen?
- August 10, 1927 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.