Earthquake — Turkey: Izmir

When

10 Jul 1688

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.0

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

38.40° N, 26.90° E

Deaths

16000

Intensity mmi

10

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Earthquake in Turkey

The 1688 Smyrna earthquake first occurred on 30 June. A second earthquake struck eleven days later at 11:45 on 10 July, and lasted 10 seconds according to the information provided by the British earthquake scientist Nicholas Ambraseys (1929–2012), who published the reports of the French Consulate of the period. It had an epicenter close to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.

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