- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 29, 1932 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.39 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 6.39
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.05
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
Other earthquake records of 1932 CE
- Iran, Torbet-I-Kheydarly · M 5.4 · 1,070 deaths
- Mexico, Near Coast Of Jalisco · Mw 8.1 · 400 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 7.6 · 275 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6 · 200 deaths
- Greece, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki) · Mw 6.9 · 161 deaths
- Mexico, Central · Mw 7.7 · 75 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 1932 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1932 CE) happen?
- September 29, 1932 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.