- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 20, 2010 CE
- Location:
- 111 km SE of Bam, Iran
- Magnitude:
- 6.7 Mwc
- Depth:
- 12 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.755
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: Mwc 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.5
Other earthquake records of 2010 CE
- Haiti, Port-Au-Prince · Mw 7 · 316,000 deaths
- China, Qinghai Province: Yushu · Mw 6.9 · 2,968 deaths
- Chile, Maule, Concepcion, Talcahuano · Mw 8.8 · 558 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatra · Mw 7.8 · 431 deaths
- Turkey, Elazig Province: Okcular, Yukari Demirci · Mw 6.1 · 51 deaths
- Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya: Japen · Mw 7 · 17 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 6.7 - 111 km SE of Bam, Iran (2010 CE) happen?
- December 20, 2010 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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