- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 7, 1931 CE
- Location:
- North Macedonia
- Magnitude:
- 5 Mw
- Depth:
- 22 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
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.24
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.73
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
Other earthquake records of 1931 CE
- China, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province: N · Mw 8 · 10,000 deaths
- Armenia, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan · Ms 6.3 · 2,890 deaths
- Nicaragua, Managua · M 5.6 · 2,450 deaths
- New Zealand, Hawke Bay · Mw 7.7 · 261 deaths
- Albania, Korce · M 5.8 · 90 deaths
- Solomon Islands, San Cristobal Island · Mw 7.8 · 50 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.
- Głos Ziemi Białostockiej R.2March 7, 1931open in archive ↗
- Gazeta Białostocka Dzień Dobry! : dziennik ilustrowanyMarch 7, 1931open 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 1931 North Macedonia earthquake (Mw 5.0) (1931 CE) happen?
- March 7, 1931 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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