What the records say
- When
- 28 Feb 1855
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 40.20° N, 29.10° E
- Deaths
- 2200
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1855 Bursa earthquake
Destructive 1855 earthquake in Bursa, Turkey
The 1855 Bursa earthquake occurred on 28 February, with an estimated magnitude of 7.02±0.64 Mw. A devastating precursor quake took place in Mustafakemalpaşa, a town of Bursa Province, and caused severe destruction all over Bursa and other neighboring cities. Approximately 300 people died and thousands of homes and workplaces were wrecked. Some of the historical monuments and buildings, including mosques, collapsed.
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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 — Proussa”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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