- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 27, 1914 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.3 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 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 6.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
Other earthquake records of 1914 CE
- Turkey, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta · Ms 7 · 4,000 deaths
- Italy, Catania, Etna · Ms 4.9 · 120 deaths
- Japan, Senhoku · Ms 7.2 · 94 deaths
- Japan, Sakurijima · Ms 7.1 · 63 deaths
- Peru, Pararca, Paysa, Colta, Oyala · 34 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatera · Mw 7.6 · 20 deaths
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- VooruitNovember 27, 1914open in archive ↗
- Gazeta GdańskaNovember 26, 1914open in archive ↗
- Der Krieg von 1914 und die bildende Kunst in Deutschland Vortrag gehalten im Rahmen der "Vaterländischen Reden" zu Gunsten der "Kriegshilfe in Danzig" den 26. November 1914November 26, 1914open in archive ↗
- Kriegstagebuch der Belagerung von Tsingtau 23. Juli bis 29. November 1914November 29, 1914open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesNovember 30, 1914open in archive ↗
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 1914 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1914 CE) happen?
- November 27, 1914 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.
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