- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 21, 1975 CE
- Location:
- 137 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 mb
- Depth:
- 186 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 6.2
Other earthquake records of 1975 CE
- Turkey, Lice · Ms 6.7 · 2,311 deaths
- China, Liaoning Province: Yingtao, Anshan · Ms 7.4 · 300 deaths
- India, Kashmir: Kinnaur District · Ms 6.8 · 47 deaths
- Iran, Sarkhun, Qaleh Qazi, Qadhad, Nong-E-Bala · Ms 6.1 · 7 deaths
- Venezuela · Ms 6.1 · 3 deaths
- Iran, Sarpir, Dorahan, Deh Bagh · Mw 5.5 · 2 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 5.1 - 137 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia (1975 CE) happen?
- August 21, 1975 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.
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