- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 5, 1766 CE
- Location:
- Marmara Sea
- Magnitude:
- 7.08 Mw
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):
- AHEAD: Mw 7.08
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.36
Other earthquake records of 1766 CE
- Turkey · Ms 6.5 · 4,000 deaths
- Japan, Hirosaki · Ms 6.9 · 1,700 deaths
- Cuba, Santiago De Cuba · Ms 6.8 · 40 deaths
- Greece
- Colombia, Buga, Cali, Popayan
- Iran, Lar
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1766 Marmara Sea earthquake (Mw 7.1) (1766 CE) happen?
- August 5, 1766 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.