- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 6, 1953 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 4.6 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 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 4.6
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.8
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.8
Other earthquake records of 1953 CE
- Turkey, Yenice, Onon · Mw 7.3 · 1,070 deaths
- Iran, Torud · Mw 6.6 · 970 deaths
- Greece, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia) · Ms 7.2 · 476 deaths
- Cyprus, Paphos · Mw 6.3 · 40 deaths
- Turkey, Edirne · 37 deaths
- Iran, Lar · Mw 5.5 · 13 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 1953 Greece earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1953 CE) happen?
- February 6, 1953 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.