January 1, 1341 Earthquake: Crimea, Ukraine
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Crimea, Ukraine on January 1, 1341. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 1, 1341
- Place
- Crimea, Ukraine
- Magnitude
- 6 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 44.300° N, 34.300° E
- Country
- Ukraine
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1341, January 1. 44.3 N, 34.3 E, magnitude 6, intensity VII-VIII. Vague information; tsunamis in Yevpatoriya region. (reference #223)
1343, October 18. Sea of Marmara. Modern writers incorrectly put the earthquake in Cherson in the Crimea (Smirnov 1931, 10, 24). Ambraseys, N., 2009, Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, A Multidisciplinary Study of Seismicity up to 1900. Cambridge University Press, 947 p. (p. 367, reference #9116)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 11, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- September 24, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- June 26, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- September 16, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- October 11, 1869, Sudak, Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine
- July 25, 1875, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- July 25, 1875, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- 103, Black Sea, Ukraine
- April 19, 1650, Black Sea, Azov Sea, Ukraine
- June 5, 1615, Black Sea, Ukraine
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 9986.