What the records say
- When
- 18 Dec 1481
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 36.00° N, 28.00° E
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1481 Rhodes earthquake
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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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 — Rhodes”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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