- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 21, 1648 CE
- Location:
- Istanbul
- Magnitude:
- 6.11 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.11
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1648 CE
- Turkey, Van · 2,000 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Croatia
- Philippines, Luzon: S
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Nicaragua, Leon
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 1648 Istanbul earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1648 CE) happen?
- June 21, 1648 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.