- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 20, 1957 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean (EMEC kodu, Tn)
- Magnitude:
- 5.41 Mw
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 5.41
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.51
Other earthquake records of 1957 CE
- Iran, Farsinaj · Mw 6.5 · 1,200 deaths
- Iran, Hazanderan, Abegarm · Mw 6.6 · 1,100 deaths
- Mexico, Acapulco, Mexico City · Ms 7.9 · 65 deaths
- Turkey, Abant · Mw 7.1 · 52 deaths
- Mongolia · Mw 8.1 · 30 deaths
- Turkey, Fethiye (Lycia, Asia Minor) · Mw 7.3 · 18 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 1957 SE Mediterranean (EMEC kodu: TN) earthquake (Mw 5.4) (1957 CE) happen?
- February 20, 1957 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.
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