1855 Bursa earthquake

1855 Bursa earthquake

Date	28 February 1855 (1855-02-28)
Magnitude	7.5
Epicenter	40°12′N 29°06′E / 40.20°N 29.10°E / 40.20; 29.10Coordinates: 40°12′N 29°06′E / 40.20°N 29.10°E / 40.20; 29.10
Areas affected	Turkey
Max. intensity	X (Extreme)
Casualties	1,900

The 1855 Bursa earthquake occurred on 28 February,^[1] with a recorded magnitude of 7.5.^[2] A devastating precursor quake that took place in Kemalpaşa, a town of Bursa, Turkey caused severe destruction all over Bursa and other neighboring cities.^[3] 300 people died and thousands of homes and workplaces were wrecked, and some of the historical monuments and buildings including mosques collapsed. Subsequently, fire spread out in the city, which increased the death toll.

On 11 April 1855,^[4] an aftershock of the 28 February earthquake was recorded as 7.0 magnitude. This aftershock affected the region from Gemlik to Mudanya. 1,300 people died.^[5] Gökmen-zâde Seyyid el-Hâcî Hüseyin Rıfat Efendî Bursavî wrote about these earthquakes in his book İşaret-numa, written in the Ottoman Turkish language.^[6]

References

Earthquakes in Turkey

Historical	115 Antioch 526 Antioch 847 Damascus 1268 Cilicia 1509 Constantinople 1653 East Smyrna 1688 Smyrna 1855 Bursa 1859 Erzurum 1894 Istanbul 1903 Manzikert 1912 Mürefte 1914 Burdur

Contemporary	1924 Pasinler 1926 Kars 1930 Salmas 1935 Erdek–Marmara Islands 1935 Digor 1938 Kırşehir 1939 Erzincan 1941 Van–Erciş 1942 Niksar–Erbaa 1943 Adapazarı–Hendek 1943 Tosya–Ladik 1944 Bolu–Gerede 1946 Varto–Hınıs 1949 Karlıova 1951 Kurşunlu 1952 Hasankale 1953 Yenice–Gönen 1957 Fethiye 1957 Abant 1966 Varto 1967 Mudurnu 1970 Gediz 1971 Bingöl 1975 Lice 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye 1983 Erzurum 1983 Biga 1992 Erzincan 1995 Dinar 1998 Adana–Ceyhan 1999 Izmit 1999 Düzce 2003 Bingöl 2010 Elazığ 2011 Kütahya 2011 Van 2014 Aegean Sea

← Earthquakes in 1855 →

Wairarapa (8.2–8.3, Jan 23) Bursa (6.7, Feb 28) † Edo (7.0, Nov 11) †‡

† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

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