- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 6, 1951 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 6.97 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.97
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.4
Other earthquake records of 1951 CE
- El Salvador, Jucuapa · M 6.5 · 1,100 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 7.3 · 68 deaths
- Turkey, Kursunlu · M 6.7 · 54 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 7.5 · 17 deaths
- Mexico, Oaxaca: Miahiatlan · Mw 6 · 1 deaths
- Nicaragua, Gulf Of Fonseca: Potosi · Ms 6
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 1951 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1951 CE) happen?
- June 6, 1951 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.