- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 14, 1915 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.64 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 4.64
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.08
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.79
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.74
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.88
Other earthquake records of 1915 CE
- Italy, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi · Ms 7.5 · 29,978 deaths
- China, Tibet (Xizang Province) · Ms 7 · 170 deaths
- El Salvador · Mw 7.7 · 7 deaths
- California, El Centro · M 6.2 · 6 deaths
- Peru, S · M 7.6
- Japan, Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.7
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 1915 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1915 CE) happen?
- January 14, 1915 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.