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1766 Istanbul earthquake

This article is about earthquake of May 1766. For earthquake of August 1766, see 1766 Marmara earthquake.
1766 Istanbul earthquake
Drawing showing earthquake damage.
A tower near the Hücum Kapısı ("The assault gate") belonging to the walls of Constantinople damaged by the earthquake in an engraving by W. H. Bartlett (ante 1838).
1766 Istanbul earthquake is located in Marmara
1766 Istanbul earthquake
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Location of epicenter in the Marmara region of Turkey
Local date22 May 1766 (1766-05-22)
Local time05:10
Magnitude7.1 Ms
Epicenter40°48′N 29°00′E / 40.8°N 29°E / 40.8; 29[1]
FaultNorth Anatolian Fault
Areas affectedEyalet of Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Tsunamiflooded Bosphorus shores, Galata, Mudanya, Princes' Islands
Casualties4,000

The 1766 Istanbul earthquake was a strong earthquake with epicenter in the eastern part of the Sea of Marmara, in the Çınarcık Basin (or near the Princes' Islands, north of the basin)[2] which occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning, 22 May 1766.[1] The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale,[2] and caused effects in a vast area extending from Izmit to Rodosto (now Tekirdağ).[3] In this area, the earthquake was followed by a tsunami which caused significant damage. The earthquake of 1766 was the last major earthquake to rock Constantinople (now known as Istanbul) because of a rupture of the North Anatolian Fault in the Marmara region.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b N. N. Ambraseys; J. A. Jackson (June 2000). "Seismicity of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) since 1500". Geophysical Journal International. 141 (3): F1. Bibcode:2000GeoJI.141F...1A. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00137.x.
  2. ^ a b N.N. Ambraseys (December 2001). "The Earthquake of 1509 in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey, Revisited". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 91 (6): 1397–1416. Bibcode:2001BuSSA..91.1397A. doi:10.1785/0120000305.
  3. ^ Erhan Afyioncu (20 August 2017). "Istanbul'un son buyuk depremi". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pondard2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bohnhoff 2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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