1003 Earthquake: Kars, Digor, Ani (Armenia), Turkey

Date

1003

Place

Kars, Digor, Ani (Armenia), Turkey

Magnitude

4.2

Focal depth

20 km (12 mi)

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.500° N, 43.300° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

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.

• December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 124 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 92 km
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 182 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 124 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 124 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 127 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 172 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 170 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 155 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 96 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 129 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 67 km
• October 23, 2011, Ercis, Van, TurkeyM7.1 · 604 deaths · $1.5 billion · 5,739 houses destroyed · 199 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 12 km
• September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, TurkeyM6 · 430 deaths · 146 km

Significant earthquakes of 1003The 1000sRecent earthquakes near here

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 311.