1544 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1544 CE)

Earthquake · Turkey · January, 1544 CE

Type:
Earthquake
Date:
January, 1544 CE
Location:
Turkey
Magnitude:
6.8 Mw
Depth:
10 km

Other earthquake records of 1544 CE

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 1544 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1544 CE) happen?
January, 1544 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.

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