- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 27, 1942 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 6.06 Mw
- Depth:
- 16 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.97
Other earthquake records of 1942 CE
- Turkey, Niksar, Erbaa · Mw 7 · 1,000 deaths
- Ecuador, Guayaquil · Ms 7.9 · 200 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Simao · Ms 6.8 · 90 deaths
- Albania, Peshkopia, Magellare · Ms 6 · 43 deaths
- Peru, Ica, Nazca · Mw 8.2 · 30 deaths
- Turkey, Kastamonu, Kargi · 17 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 1942 Albania earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1942 CE) happen?
- August 27, 1942 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.