- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 8, 1715 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 16 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 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.6
Other earthquake records of 1715 CE
- Turkey, Mahmatan, Van · Ms 6.6
- Peru, Moquegua, Arequipa, Chile: Arica · Ms 7.5
- Seikaido, Japan · Ms 6.6
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Italy · Mw 4.63
- Milazzo · Mw 4.65
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 1715 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1715 CE) happen?
- March 8, 1715 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.