- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 14, 1938 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 5.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 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 5.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.2
Other earthquake records of 1938 CE
- Turkey, Kirsehir · Mw 6.6 · 224 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi Island · Mw 7.7 · 17 deaths
- Colombia, Eje Cafetero · Ms 7 · 6 deaths
- E. Hokkaido Island, Japan · Ms 6.1 · 1 deaths
- Japan, Near E Coast Honshu · Ms 7.7 · 1 deaths
- Nicaragua, Leon (Telica Volcano Destroyed)
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 1938 Turkey earthquake (Mw 5.2) (1938 CE) happen?
- May 14, 1938 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.