What the records say
- When
- 16 Nov 1509
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 41.70° N, 26.60° E
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1509 Constantinople earthquake
Earthquake in the Sea of Marmara
The 1509 Constantinople earthquake, or historically Kıyamet-i Suğra, occurred in the Sea of Marmara on 10 September 1509 at about 22:00. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 ± 0.3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. A tsunami and 45 days of aftershocks followed the earthquake. The exact death toll of this earthquake is unknown; estimates range between 1,000 and 13,000.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
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 — 93 Balk.reg.”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Tekirdag1511 · Battle
- Earthquake — Turkey: Istanbul10 Sep 1509 · Earthquake · Magnitude 7.7
- Battle of Yenişehir4 May 1513 · Battle
- Siege of LesbosOct 1501 · Siege
- Moldavian–Wallachian WarJul 1506 · War
- Siege of MytileneOct 1501 · Siege
- 1525 Janissary revoltMar 1525 · Rebellion
- Earthquake — Romania24 Nov 1516 · Earthquake