- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 31, 1901 CE
- Location:
- Bulgaria
- Magnitude:
- 5 Mw
- Depth:
- 30 km
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 5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.4
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
Other earthquake records of 1901 CE
- Japan, Off Northeast Coast Honshu · Ms 8.2 · 18 deaths
- Bulgaria, Balchik · Ms 7.2 · 4 deaths
- Bulgaria, Balchik, Kavarna, Blatnitsa, Limanu · Ms 6.4 · 4 deaths
- Japan, Off Northeast Coast Honshu · Ms 7.9
- Japan, Ryukyu Islands · M 7.9
- Russia, Kuril Islands · M 7.5
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 1901 Bulgaria earthquake (Mw 5.0) (1901 CE) happen?
- March 31, 1901 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.