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1509 Constantinople earthquake
1509 Constantinople earthquake is located in Marmara
1509 Constantinople earthquake
Istanbul
Istanbul
Edirne
Edirne
Local date10 September 1509 (1509-09-10)
Local time22:00
MagnitudeMs7.2 ± 0.3
Epicenter40°45′N 29°00′E / 40.75°N 29.00°E / 40.75; 29.00[1]
near the Prince's Islands, Sea of Marmara
FaultNorth Anatolian Fault
Areas affectedOttoman Empire
TsunamiYes
Casualties1,000 to 13,000 dead
10,000 + injured
1070 houses destroyed

The 1509 Constantinople earthquake or historically Kıyamet-i Sugra ('Minor Judgment Day') occurred in the Sea of Marmara on 10 September 1509 at about 22:00. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 ± 0.3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale.[2] A tsunami and 45 days of aftershocks followed the earthquake. The death toll of this earthquake is poorly known; estimates range between 1,000 and 13,000.

  1. ^ Ambraseys, N.N.; Jackson J.A. (2000). "Seismicity of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) since 1500". Geophysical Journal International. 141 (3): F1–F6. Bibcode:2000GeoJI.141F...1A. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00137.x.
  2. ^ Ambraseys, N. N. (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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.861.7616. doi:10.1785/0120000305.

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