- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1707 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1707 CE
- Japan, Nankaido · Ms 8.4 · 5,000 deaths
- Japan, Enshunada · Ms 8.4 · 2,000 deaths
- Peru, Cuzco · M 5.8 · 160 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.21
- El Salvador, San Salvador
- Turkey, Kars
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 1707 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1707 CE) happen?
- 1707 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.