- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 3, 1906 CE
- Location:
- Martinique
- Magnitude:
- 7.9 Ms
- Depth:
- 100 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 7.2
Other earthquake records of 1906 CE
- Chile, South Central · Mw 8.2 · 4,000 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.8 · 1,258 deaths
- Ecuador, Off Coast · Mw 8.8 · 1,000 deaths
- California, San Francisco · Mw 7.9 · 700 deaths
- China, Xinjiang Province · Ms 8.3 · 280 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.5 · 15 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1906 CE Earthquake — Martinique happen?
- December 3, 1906 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.