- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 23, 1933 CE
- Location:
- 14 km E of Kardámaina, Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.43 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.647
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.43
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
Other earthquake records of 1933 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Mw 7.4 · 9,300 deaths
- Japan, Sanriku · Mw 8.4 · 3,022 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 5 · 200 deaths
- Greece, Dodecanese Islands · Mw 6.4 · 181 deaths
- California, Long Beach · ML 6.3 · 120 deaths
- Italy, Central · 10 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 6.4 - 14 km E of Kardámaina, Greece (1933 CE) happen?
- April 23, 1933 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.