What the records say
- When
- 10 Jul 1894
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 40.60° N, 28.70° E
- Deaths
- 1349
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1894 Istanbul earthquake
Earthquake in Turkey
The 1894 Istanbul earthquake occurred in the Çınarcık Basin or Gulf of Izmit in the Sea of Marmara on 10 July at 12:24pm. The earthquake had an estimated Ms magnitude of 7.0. At least an estimated 1,349 people were killed in towns around the Gulf of Izmit such as Yalova, Sapanca and Adapazarı, and in Ottoman Constantinople. The main shock caused a tsunami 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) high.
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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 — Priguiponisia”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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