- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 20, 1920 CE
- Location:
- Serbia / Montenegro
- Magnitude:
- 4.4 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1920 CE
- China, Gansu Province, Shanxi Province · Mw 8.3 · 235,502 deaths
- Italy, Carrara, Garfagnana · Ms 5.8 · 1,400 deaths
- Mexico, Veracruz: Cozautlan, Puebla: Patlanala · Ms 7.8 · 648 deaths
- Argentina, Mendoza · Mw 6.7 · 400 deaths
- Albania, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj · Mw 6.2 · 200 deaths
- Taiwan · Mw 8.2 · 5 deaths
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 1920 Serbia / Montenegro earthquake (Mw 4.4) (1920 CE) happen?
- April 20, 1920 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.