What the records say
- When
- 23 Feb 1653
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 38.20° N, 28.20° E
- Deaths
- 2500
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1653 Smyrna earthquake
Earthquake in Turkey
The 1653 Smyrna earthquake occurred on 23 February, with an estimated magnitude of 6.72±0.3 Mw and a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
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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 — Aydin”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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