- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 10, 1971 CE
- Location:
- 125 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
- Magnitude:
- 5.67 Mw
- Depth:
- 60 km
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 5.67
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 8.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.76
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.61
Other earthquake records of 1971 CE
- Turkey, Bingol · Ms 6.7 · 995 deaths
- Chile, Central · Mw 7.8 · 83 deaths
- California, San Fernando · Ms 6.5 · 65 deaths
- Turkey, Burdur · Ms 5.9 · 56 deaths
- Italy, Tuscania · Mb 4.6 · 24 deaths
- Peru, Apurimac · Mb 5.7 · 5 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 5.7 - 125 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (1971 CE) happen?
- January 10, 1971 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.