What the records say
- When
- 9 Jan 1693
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 37.33° N, 15.17° E
- Deaths
- 60000
- Houses destroyed
- 972
- Source quake magnitude
- 6
- Runups
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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