1111 Earthquake: Van, Turkey

Date

1111

Place

Van, Turkey

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.500° N, 43.400° E

Country

Turkey

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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 · 196 km
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths · 107 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 196 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 196 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 83 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 103 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 130 km
• August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million · 178 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 28 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 159 km
• April 18, 1843, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran1,000 deaths · 131 km
• May 31, 1946, Ustukran, TurkeyM5.9 · 840 deaths · 193 km
• January 5, 1896, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran800 deaths · 139 km
• October 23, 2011, Ercis, Van, TurkeyM7.1 · 604 deaths · $1.5 billion · 5,739 houses destroyed · 27 km
• September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, TurkeyM6 · 430 deaths · 77 km

Significant earthquakes of 1111The 1100sRecent 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 382.