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1766 Istanbul earthquake

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1766 Istanbul earthquake

Summary

1766 Istanbul earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (earthquake category, ranking #120 of 869).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake is located in Istanbul[3].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake is in the country of Ottoman Empire[4].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake is in the country of Turkey[5].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's instance of is recorded as earthquake[6].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's instance of is recorded as tsunami[7].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's point in time is recorded as +1766-05-22T00:00:00Z[8].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.8, 'lon': 29}[9].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+4000'}[10].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+6.5'}[11].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121wnkr9[12].
  • 1766 Istanbul earthquake's modified Mercalli intensity scale is recorded as Mercalli scale X[13].

Why It Matters

1766 Istanbul earthquake draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (earthquake category, ranking #120 of 869).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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