- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 28, 1976 CE
- Location:
- Serbia / Montenegro
- Magnitude:
- 3.55 Mw
- Depth:
- 2 km
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):
Other earthquake records of 1976 CE
- China, Ne: Tangshan · Mw 7.5 · 242,769 deaths
- Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Guatemala City · Ms 7.5 · 23,000 deaths
- Philippines, Mindanao: S · Mw 8 · 8,000 deaths
- Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya · Ms 7.1 · 6,000 deaths
- Turkey, Muradiye · Mw 7 · 5,000 deaths
- Italy, Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw · Ms 6.5 · 978 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 1976 Serbia / Montenegro earthquake (Mw 3.5) (1976 CE) happen?
- October 28, 1976 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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