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Description of the earthquake according to a text from Patmos
“On Friday 24 March 1739 on the 10th hour of the night, there was a great earthquake which lasted five stigmes (10 minutes), and all the houses in Smyrna were rent. At the same time both Foçae, the Old [Eski Foça] and the New [Yeni Foça] were ruined; 13 people were killed at Psarochanon (Agria); the earthquake was accompanied by a roar and great stench”.
Ambraseys, N.N. – Finkel, C.F., The seismicity of Turkey and adjacent areas. A historical review, 1500-1800 (İstanbul 1995), p. 114.
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