1894 Istanbul earthquake
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| UTC time | 1894-07-10 |
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| Local date | 10 July 1894 |
| Magnitude | 7.0 Ms |
| Epicenter | 40°44′N 29°15′E / 40.73°N 29.25°E[1] |
| Areas affected | Ottoman Empire |
| Max. intensity | MMI IX (Violent) |
| Casualties | At least 1,349[2] |
The 1894 Istanbul earthquake occurred in the
The main shock caused a tsunami 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) high.Background
xylograph showing damage to the Wall of Constantine
. Printed originally in Science Illustré, 25 August 1894, p. 193.The
normal fault
in the Çinarcik basin, separate from the North Anatolian Fault.
Damage
The earthquake is estimated to have generated shaking with a
modified Mercalli intensity of 9 at Sapanca, 8.5 at Yalova, and 8 at Adapazarı, Büyükçekmece, Gebze, Kartal, Küçükçekmece and on the Princes' Islands. The quake killed 990 people in the area around Yalova and Sapanca, 83 in Adapazarı and 276 in Istanbul.[2]
Response
Numerous civil society organisations in Belgrade, capital of the nascent Kingdom of Serbia, organized benefit events to collect aid for victims of the catastrophe.[5]
See also
References
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- ^ S2CID 128657125.
- S2CID 49553634.
- ISBN 978-86-83227-25-9.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0521872928.
- Ambraseys, N.N.; Finkel, C.F. (1991), "Long-term seismicity of Istanbul and of the Marmara Sea region", Terra Nova, 3 (5): 527–539, ISSN 0954-4879
- Bein, Amit (2008), "The Istanbul Earthquake of 1894 and Science in the Late Ottoman Empire", Middle Eastern Studies, 44 (6): 909–924, S2CID 144961288