- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 18, 1935 CE
- Location:
- 192 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
- Magnitude:
- 7.19 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 4.052
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 7.19
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.77
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.86
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.9
Other earthquake records of 1935 CE
- Pakistan, Quetta · Ms 7.5 · 60,000 deaths
- Taiwan, Mialoi · Ms 6 · 3,276 deaths
- Taiwan, Xiinzhu · Ms 6.5 · 2,746 deaths
- Iran, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari · Mw 6.4 · 690 deaths
- Turkey, Kigi · Mw 6.1 · 540 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6 · 100 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 7.2 - 192 km ENE of Miyako, Japan (1935 CE) happen?
- October 18, 1935 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.