Earthquake — Turkey: Istanbul (Constantinople)

When

557

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.0

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

40.90° N, 27.60° E

Intensity mmi

9

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Magnitude 6.4 M (Extreme) earthquake

The 557 Constantinople earthquake took place on the night of December 14. This earthquake, described in the works of Agathias, John Malalas, and Theophanes the Confessor, caused great damage to Constantinople, then capital of the Byzantine Empire, in a region frequently afflicted with earthquakes. More minor quakes had preceded the large event, including two in April and October respectively.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bizans İmparatorluğu'nun başkenti Konstantinopolis'te (bugünkü adıyla İstanbul) 6.4 büyüklüğünde bir deprem meydana geldi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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