1444 Earthquake: Nemrut Mtns, Turkey

Date

1444

Place

Nemrut Mtns, Turkey

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.700° N, 42.200° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

30,000

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.

• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 154 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 163 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 52 km
• August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million · 81 km
• September 6, 1975, Lice, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,311 deaths · 131 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 98 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 181 km
• May 22, 1971, Bingol, TurkeyM6.7 · 995 deaths · $5 million · 148 km
• May 31, 1946, Ustukran, TurkeyM5.9 · 840 deaths · 93 km
• October 23, 2011, Ercis, Van, TurkeyM7.1 · 604 deaths · $1.5 billion · 5,739 houses destroyed · 114 km
• September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, TurkeyM6 · 430 deaths · 121 km
• August 17, 1949, Karliova, TurkeyM6.8 · 320 deaths · 159 km
• July 29, 1945, Van,bolgesi, Turkey300 deaths · 98 km
• May 1, 2003, Bingol, TurkeyM6.4 · 177 deaths · 718 houses destroyed · 154 km
• July 12, 1900, Kars,karakurt,kagizman,digor, TurkeyM5.9 · 140 deaths · 1,100 houses destroyed · 194 km

Significant earthquakes of 1444The 1400sRecent 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 600.