- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 19, 1965 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 4.13 Mw
- Depth:
- 252 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 4.13
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.29
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.46
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.45
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.46
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.92
Other earthquake records of 1965 CE
- Chile, Central · M 7.3 · 400 deaths
- El Salvador, San Marcos · Ms 6 · 125 deaths
- Indonesia, Sanana Island · Ms 7.6 · 71 deaths
- Greece, Alonisos, Skopelos · Ms 6.3 · 38 deaths
- Greece, Southern · Ms 6.2 · 32 deaths
- Iran, Nw · Mw 5.3 · 20 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 1965 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 4.1) (1965 CE) happen?
- September 19, 1965 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.