- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 18, 1751 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
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 6.4
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.69
Other earthquake records of 1751 CE
- Japan, Honshu: Nw · Ms 6.6 · 2,100 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 900 deaths
- Chile, Concepcion, Chillan, Talca, Tutuben, Curico · Ms 8.5 · 65 deaths
- Italy, Gualdo, Nocera
- Greece, Samos Island
- Colombia, Popayan
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 1751 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1751 CE) happen?
- June 18, 1751 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.