- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 25, 1932 CE
- Location:
- 108 km WSW of Laojunmiao, China
- Magnitude:
- 7.84 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7.578
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.84
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.6
Other earthquake records of 1932 CE
- Iran, Torbet-I-Kheydarly · M 5.4 · 1,070 deaths
- Mexico, Near Coast Of Jalisco · Mw 8.1 · 400 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 7.6 · 275 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6 · 200 deaths
- Greece, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki) · Mw 6.9 · 161 deaths
- Mexico, Central · Mw 7.7 · 75 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 7.8 - 108 km WSW of Laojunmiao, China (1932 CE) happen?
- December 25, 1932 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.