- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 14, 1970 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 4.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 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 4.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.61
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
Other earthquake records of 1970 CE
- Peru, Northern, Pisco, Chiclayo · Mw 7.9 · 66,794 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province, Vietnam: Hanoi · Mw 7.1 · 15,621 deaths
- Turkey, Gediz · Mw 7.2 · 1,086 deaths
- Iran, Karnaveh, Marev · Ms 6.7 · 220 deaths
- Peru, N, Ecuador: S · Ms 7.6 · 82 deaths
- Russia, Dagestan · Mw 6.7 · 31 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 1970 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 4.7) (1970 CE) happen?
- May 14, 1970 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.