- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 27, 1915 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.6 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 6.6
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
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
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.
- Personal-Veränderungen in der Armee Bekanntgabe am 27. Januar 1915January 27, 1915open in archive ↗
- VooruitJanuary 27, 1915open in archive ↗
- Der Krieg und das Neue Testament Vortrag gehalten zu Strassburg im Zyklus "Krieg und Christentum" am 26. Januar 1915January 26, 1915open in archive ↗
- Programm zu der am 28. Januar 1915 abends 8.15 im Club Concordia stattfindenden Geburtstagsfeier S. M. Kaiser Wilhelm II. veranstaltet vom Marine Sanitäts-Detachement TientsinJanuary 28, 1915open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesJanuary 25, 1915open in archive ↗
- Unser Seelengleichgewicht unter dem wirtschaftlichen Druck der Gegenwart Predigt über Phil. 4January 24, 1915open 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 1915 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1915 CE) happen?
- January 27, 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.
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