- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 27, 1896 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 7.32 Mw
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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.32
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.47
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.17
- AHEAD: Mw 6.4
Other earthquake records of 1896 CE
- Japan, Sanriku · Mw 8.3 · 27,122 deaths
- Iran, Khvoy (Khoy) · 800 deaths
- Iran, Sangabad (Senjabad) · 300 deaths
- Indonesia, Timor: Alor Island · 250 deaths
- Japan, Senhoku, Ugo · 206 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: Fushun · Ms 5.8 · 26 deaths
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1896 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 7.3) (1896 CE) happen?
- August 27, 1896 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.