- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 20, 1920 CE
- Location:
- New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
- Magnitude:
- 8.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 25 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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 8.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 8.09
Other earthquake records of 1920 CE
- China, Gansu Province, Shanxi Province · Mw 8.3 · 235,502 deaths
- Italy, Carrara, Garfagnana · Ms 5.8 · 1,400 deaths
- Mexico, Veracruz: Cozautlan, Puebla: Patlanala · Ms 7.8 · 648 deaths
- Argentina, Mendoza · Mw 6.7 · 400 deaths
- Albania, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj · Mw 6.2 · 200 deaths
- Taiwan · Mw 8.2 · 5 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 1920 CE Earthquake — New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands happen?
- September 20, 1920 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.