- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 6, 1737 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 7.01 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.01
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 7.37
Other earthquake records of 1737 CE
- Russia, Kamchatka · 100 deaths
- Russia, Kuril Islands · M 7.5
- Chile, Valdivia, Chiloe · Ms 8
- Russia, Off Kamchatka · M 7.8
- Turkey, Nw, Biga
- India, Calcutta
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 1737 Turkey earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1737 CE) happen?
- March 6, 1737 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.