- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 25, 1944 CE
- Location:
- 2 km WSW of Dumlup?nar, Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 5.55 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
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 5.55
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.07
Other earthquake records of 1944 CE
- Argentina, San Juan Province · Mw 6.9 · 10,000 deaths
- Turkey · Mw 7.6 · 2,381 deaths
- Japan, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula · Mw 8.1 · 1,223 deaths
- Turkey, Ayvalik · Mw 6.7 · 30 deaths
- Turkey, Usak · M 6 · 21 deaths
- Iran, Gorgan · Ms 5.2 · 20 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 5.6 - 2 km WSW of Dumlup?nar, Turkey (1944 CE) happen?
- June 25, 1944 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.