- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 26, 1926 CE
- Location:
- Greece, Rhodes Island, Lower Egypt
- Magnitude:
- 7 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 11
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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.53
Other earthquake records of 1926 CE
- Turkey, Armenia · Mw 5.9 · 400 deaths
- Azores, Fayal Island · Mw 5.8 · 9 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatera · Mw 6.6
- Japan, Ryukyu Islands · M 7.5
- Italy, Salina Island · Ms 5.3
- Italy, N
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 1926 CE Earthquake — Greece, Rhodes Island, Lower Egypt happen?
- June 26, 1926 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.