Earthquake — Turkey: Western

When

5 Aug 1766

Kind

Earthquake

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

40.60° N, 27.30° E

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Earthquake with epicenter in the western part of the Sea of Marmara

The 1766 Marmara earthquake occurred on 5 August; the second major earthquake to strike the Sea of Marmara region of present-day Turkey that same year. Estimates of the earthquake's moment magnitude (Mw) range between 7.4 and 7.6. The earthquake was caused by strike-slip movement along a segment of the North Anatolian Fault.

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