- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1766 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
Other earthquake records of 1766 CE
- Turkey · Ms 6.5 · 4,000 deaths
- Japan, Hirosaki · Ms 6.9 · 1,700 deaths
- Cuba, Santiago De Cuba · Ms 6.8 · 40 deaths
- Greece
- Colombia, Buga, Cali, Popayan
- Iran, Lar
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 1766 Turkey earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1766 CE) happen?
- 1766 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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