- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 31, 1993 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 4.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 6 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 4.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.91
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.81
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.62
Other earthquake records of 1993 CE
- India, Latur-Osmanabad, Killari · Mw 6.2 · 11,000 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido, Russia: Southeast, South Korea · Mw 7.7 · 231 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, Eastern: Upper Markham Valley · Mw 6.9 · 60 deaths
- Iran, Bovir Ahmadi Va Kohkiluyeh · Mw 5.4 · 24 deaths
- Peru, Lima · Mw 6.3 · 6 deaths
- Futuna Island · Mw 6.4 · 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 1993 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1993 CE) happen?
- July 31, 1993 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.