The 1509 Constantinople earthquake, or historically Kıyamet-i Suğra, 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 s
Collapsing minaret during the earthquake (ink drawing)
Woodcut depicting the effects of the 1509 earthquake
1766 Istanbul earthquake
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The 1766 Istanbul earthquake was a strong earthquake with epicenter in the eastern part of the Sea of Marmara, in the Çınarcık Basin which occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning, 22 May 1766.
A tower near the Hücum Kapısı ("The assault gate") belonging to the walls of Constantinople damaged by the earthquake in an engraving by W. H. Bartlett (ante 1838).
The Fatih mosque and its complex (here in 1559 in a drawing of Melchior Lorck) were destroyed in 1766.