Earthquake — Greece: Rhodes

When

3 May 1481

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.1

Where

Greece

Coordinates

36.00° N, 28.00° E

Intensity mmi

10

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Magnitude 7 earthquake

The 1481 Rhodes earthquake occurred at 3:00 in the morning on 3 May. It triggered a small tsunami, which caused local flooding. There were an estimated 30,000 fatalities. It was the largest of a series of earthquakes that affected Rhodes, starting on 15 March 1481, continuing until January 1482.

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• 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 — Rhodos”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 1481 Rhodes earthquake, the largest of a series, strikes the island of Rhodes, causing an estimated 30,000 casualties”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1481 Rodos depremi meydana geldi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un terremoto de 7,1 y un tsunami sacuden la isla de Rodas dejando 30 000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Tsunami — Island Of Rhodes3 May 1481 · Tsunami