Earthquake — Greece: Crete; Egypt

Quando

12 de out. de 1856

Tipo

Terremoto

Onde

Greece

Coordenadas

35.50° N, 26.00° E

Deaths

600

Houses destroyed

8000

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

100

Posicionado na área, não em um local exato.

Earthquake affecting the Ottoman Empire (present-day Crete, Greece)

The 1856 Heraklion earthquake, also known as the Crete earthquake or Rhodes earthquake, occurred on the morning of October 12 at 02:45 am local time. This extremely catastrophic earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.7 to 8.3 at a depth of approximately 61 to 100 km. The earthquake was felt over a very wide area extending from Sicily, Italy to the Levant and North Africa.

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