- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 5, 1968 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 6.36 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 6.36
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.84
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.07
Other earthquake records of 1968 CE
- Iran, Dasht-E-Bayaz · Mw 7.1 · 10,488 deaths
- Iran, Ferdow · Mw 6.2 · 700 deaths
- Philippines, Luzon: Manila · Ms 7.3 · 270 deaths
- Italy, Sicily · Ms 6 · 216 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Tambu, Coast Of Mapaga · M 7.4 · 200 deaths
- Japan, Off East Coast Of Honshu Island · Mw 8.2 · 52 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 1968 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1968 CE) happen?
- December 5, 1968 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.