What the records say
- When
- 17
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 37.85° N, 27.30° E
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
AD 17 Lydia earthquake
17 AD earthquake in the Roman province of Asia
The AD 17 Lydia earthquake caused the destruction of at least twelve cities in the region of Lydia in the Roman province of Asia in Asia Minor. The earthquake was recorded by the Roman historians Tacitus and Pliny the Elder, and the Greek historians Strabo and Eusebius. Pliny called it "the greatest earthquake in human memory".
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
4 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake in Anatolia destroys the city of Sardis and damages several other cities”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Мощное землетрясение в Малой Азии (провинция Лидия)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Asia Menor (actual Turquía) se registra un terremoto, que arrasa 12 ciudades, entre ellas Sardes y Hierápolis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page