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   Istanbul  Edirne | |
| Local date | 10 September 1509 |
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| Local time | 22:00 |
| Magnitude | Ms7.2 ± 0.3 |
| Epicenter | 40°45′N 29°00′E / 40.75°N 29.00°E[1] near the Prince's Islands, Sea of Marmara |
| Fault | North Anatolian Fault |
| Areas affected | Ottoman Empire |
| Tsunami | Yes |
| Casualties | 1,000 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.