- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 30, 1366 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 7.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.2
- AHEAD: Mw 6.75
Other earthquake records of 1366 CE
- Germany · Mw 3.81
- Greece · Mw 6.6
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 4.8
- Athos · Mw 6.6
- Eisenach · Mw 4.13
- Rhodos · Mw 6.75
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 1366 Turkey earthquake (Mw 7.2) (1366 CE) happen?
- April 30, 1366 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.