- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 24, 2015 CE
- Location:
- Peru-Brazil
- Magnitude:
- 7.6 Mw
- Depth:
- 621 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 5
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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.6
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 6.7
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2015 CE
- Nepal, Kathmandu, India, China, Bangladesh · Mw 7.8 · 8,957 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush · Mw 7.5 · 399 deaths
- Nepal, Dolakha · Mw 7.3 · 117 deaths
- Malaysia, Sabah: Lahad, Datu, Kanak · Mw 6 · 18 deaths
- Chile, Central · Mw 8.3 · 15 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Bosnia-Herzegovina: · ML 3.7 · 4 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2015 CE Earthquake — Peru-Brazil happen?
- November 24, 2015 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.