- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 14, 1680 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.2 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 6.2
- AHEAD: Mw 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1680 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 2,700 deaths
- Spain, Malaga · Mw 6.8 · 70 deaths
- Japan, Totomi-Nada
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Spain · Mw 6.8
- Jura Suisse (Bale ?) · Mw 3.39
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 1680 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1680 CE) happen?
- February 14, 1680 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.