- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 4, 1997 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 3.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 12 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 3.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.79
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.08
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.79
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.6
Other earthquake records of 1997 CE
- Iran, Birjand, Ghaen, Afghanistan · Mw 7.2 · 1,728 deaths
- Iran, Ardabil · Mw 6.1 · 1,100 deaths
- Iran, Bojnurd, Shirvan, Esfarayen · Mw 6.5 · 88 deaths
- Venezuela, Cariaco-Cumana · Mw 7 · 81 deaths
- Pakistan, Harnai-Sibi, Quetta · Mw 7.1 · 60 deaths
- India, Southern: Jabalpur · Mw 5.8 · 56 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 1997 Spain earthquake (Mw 3.5) (1997 CE) happen?
- February 4, 1997 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.