- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 3, 1481 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 7 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 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 7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.27
Other earthquake records of 1481 CE
- Italy, Rodi Garganico
- Greece, Rhodes · Ms 7.1
- Greece, Rhodes
- Greece, Rhodes
- Egypt, Cairo
- China, Yunnan Province: · Ms 6
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 1481 Turkey earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1481 CE) happen?
- October 3, 1481 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.