Significant earthquakes of 1650

April 19, 1650 Earthquake: Black Sea, Azov Sea, Ukraine

April 19, 1650 · M7 · Deaths: many

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Black Sea, Azov Sea, Ukraine on April 19, 1650. It caused a tsunami.

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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
April 19, 1650
Place
Black Sea, Azov Sea, Ukraine
Magnitude
7
Intensity
7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Epicenter
44.700° N, 33.300° E
Country
Ukraine

The toll

Deaths
Many (about 101 to 1,000) with its tsunami and other effects

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.

1650 April 19, 45.7 N 26.6 E, magnitude 6.2 (reference #223)

An earthquake in the Azov Sea, speculated magnitude 7, approximate epicenter 44.7 N, 33.3 E, occurred in 1650 (reference #4213)

1650, Sivash, Azov Sea. 44.7 N 33.3 E. This was an earthquake (M =7.0±0.5) and tsunami event reported by Nikonov (1997a) to have occurred in 1650 in the western shores of the Azov Sea as well as in the Black Sea (reference #9391)

1650 April 29, 44.7 N 33 E (reference #12050)

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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 6009.