- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 4, 1739 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 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 6.8
- AHEAD: Mw 6.79
Other earthquake records of 1739 CE
- China, Ningxia · Ms 8 · 50,000 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Serbia
- Azores, Flores
- Mexico, Colima
- Japan, N Sanriku, Mutsu · M 7.1
- Peru, Santa Catalina
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 1739 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1739 CE) happen?
- April 4, 1739 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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