- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 15, 2003 CE
- Location:
- Indian Ocean, Felt In Maldives
- Magnitude:
- 7.6 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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
Other earthquake records of 2003 CE
- Iran, Southeastern: Bam, Baravat · Mw 6.6 · 31,000 deaths
- Algeria, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia · Mw 6.8 · 2,287 deaths
- China, S. Xinjiang: Bachu · Mw 6.3 · 261 deaths
- Turkey, Bingol · Mw 6.4 · 177 deaths
- Mexico, Villa De Alvarez, Colima, Tecoman, Jalisco · Mw 7.5 · 29 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Mw 5.9 · 16 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2003 CE Earthquake — Indian Ocean, Felt In Maldives happen?
- July 15, 2003 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.