- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 12, 1988 CE
- Location:
- North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland
- Magnitude:
- 5.47 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 5.47
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.99
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.32
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.13
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.32
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.39
Other earthquake records of 1988 CE
- Armenia, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan · Ms 6.8 · 25,000 deaths
- Nepal-India, Kathmandu, Bihar · Ms 6.6 · 998 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 7.3 · 738 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, Kaiapit (Landslide Generated) · ML 4.3 · 74 deaths
- Myanmar (Burma) / India, Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal · Ms 7.2 · 5 deaths
- Guatemala, S Palin, San Vicente Pacaya · Ms 6 · 5 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 1988 North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1988 CE) happen?
- September 12, 1988 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.