- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 6, 1912 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 7.54 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.54
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 7.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.81
Other earthquake records of 1912 CE
- Turkey, Marmara Sea · Mw 7.2 · 2,800 deaths
- Mexico, Central, Acambay, Tixmadeje · Mw 6.7 · 202 deaths
- Greece, Asprogerakas (Kephallenia) · Mw 6.4 · 8 deaths
- Mexico, Guadalajara · M 6
- Peru, Huancabamba, Cajamarca, Ecuador: Guayaquil · Ms 7
- Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay, Mogok, Maymyo · Ms 8
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 1912 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 7.5) (1912 CE) happen?
- May 6, 1912 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.