June 5, 1615 Earthquake: Black Sea, Ukraine
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Black Sea, Ukraine on June 5, 1615. 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
- June 5, 1615
- Place
- Black Sea, Ukraine
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 44.900° N, 35.500° E
- Country
- Ukraine
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1615, June 5. 44.9 N, 35.5 E, magnitude 5.7 MS, intensity VIII. In Feodoslya, town walls and homes collapsed; tsunami. (reference #223)
On 5 June 1615 an earthquake occurred on the southeast coast of Crimea with speculated magnitude 6 and approximate epicenter 44.9 N, 35.5 E. (reference #4213)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 11, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- October 11, 1869, Sudak, Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine
- October 63 BC, Pantikapey, Russia
- June 26, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- September 24, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- January 1, 1341, Crimea, Ukraine
- July 12, 1966, Black Sea, Russia
- September 16, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- October 4, 1905, Black Sea, Russia
- July 25, 1875, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
- 103, Black Sea, Ukraine
- April 19, 1650, Black Sea, Azov Sea, Ukraine
- July 25, 1875, Sebastopol, Crimea, 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 6008.