What the records say
- When
- 16 Feb 1810
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 35.50° N, 25.00° E
- Deaths
- 3000
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 100
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1810 Crete earthquake
Magnitude 7 eastern Mediterranean earthquake
The 1810 Crete earthquake occurred at 22:15 on 16 February. It caused great destruction in Heraklion and some damage from Malta to northern Egypt, and was felt from central Italy to Syria. 300 fatalities were reported from Candia (Heraklion).
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — Heraklio”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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