- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 2, 1754 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.84 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 6.84
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.8
- AHEAD: Mw 6.89
Other earthquake records of 1754 CE
- Egypt, Al-Qahirah (Cairo) · 40,000 deaths
- Turkey, Izmit · Ms 6.8 · 2,000 deaths
- Philippines, Taal Volcano · 12 deaths
- Indonesia, Ambon Island · Ms 6.5 · 4 deaths
- Indonesia, Banda Sea
- Mexico, Acapulco
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 1754 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1754 CE) happen?
- September 2, 1754 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.