- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 28, 1963 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 7.54 Mw
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 7.54
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.36
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.32
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.32
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.76
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.47
Other earthquake records of 1963 CE
- Balkans Nw, Macedonia: Skopje · Ms 6 · 1,070 deaths
- Libya, Barce (Al Marj) · Ms 5.4 · 300 deaths
- India, Kashmir: Sw · M 5.3 · 80 deaths
- Taiwan, Taipei, Hsinch · Ms 7.3 · 15 deaths
- Iran, Gahkom, Laigazan, Patkuiyeh, Golruiyeh, Ganj · M 5.2 · 5 deaths
- Iran, Hendojan · Ms 5 · 4 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 1963 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 7.5) (1963 CE) happen?
- March 28, 1963 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.