- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 11, 1918 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 5 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 5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
Other earthquake records of 1918 CE
- China, Guangdong Province · Ms 7.3 · 2,000 deaths
- Puerto Rico, Mona Passage · Mw 7.1 · 144 deaths
- Philippines, Mindanao: Cotabato · Mw 8.3 · 52 deaths
- Russia, Kuril Islands · Ms 8.3 · 23 deaths
- California, San Jacinto, Hemet · Mw 6.7 · 1 deaths
- Russia, E Coast Of · 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.
- VooruitFebruary 11, 1918open in archive ↗
- Folgende Resolution wurde am 10. Februar 1918 in einer Versammlung von deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in Moskau angenommen und in deutscher Sprache durch Funkspruch allen Stationen übermitteltFebruary 10, 1918open 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 1918 Greece earthquake (Mw 5.0) (1918 CE) happen?
- February 11, 1918 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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