- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 2, 1983 CE
- Location:
- California, Central, Coalinga
- Magnitude:
- 6.2 Ms
- Depth:
- 10 km
- Injuries:
- 45
- Intensity (MMI):
- 8
- Damage:
- ~$31M (value at the time)
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: Ms 6.2
- USGS_COMCAT: ML 6.7
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: ML 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: ma 5.37
- USGS_COMCAT: Md 5.04
Other earthquake records of 1983 CE
- Turkey, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman · Ms 6.9 · 1,342 deaths
- Guinea, Gaoual-Koumbia · Ms 6.2 · 443 deaths
- Colombia, Sw, Popayan · Ms 4.9 · 350 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Akita · Ms 7.7 · 104 deaths
- China, E, Heze-Dongming, Shandong Province · Ms 5.3 · 34 deaths
- Iran, Tehran, Damavond, Amoi · Ms 4.9 · 30 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 1983 CE Earthquake — California, Central, Coalinga happen?
- May 2, 1983 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.
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