April 9, 1857 Earthquake: Hinis, Turkey
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Hinis, Turkey on April 9, 1857.
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
- April 9, 1857
- Place
- Hinis, Turkey
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.400° N, 42.100° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
April 9, 1857, 38.4 N, 42.1 E, magnitude 6.7, intensity IX. Mus, district of Hinis, 4 villages in the plain of Bulanik destroyed. (reference #1099)
April 9, 1857, Asia Minor (Bilis), Kinnis, Mush, intensity II which corresponds to buildings may be unroofed or shattered and some may fall, the ground may be badly cracked in places and small landslips occur. (reference #1055)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey
- June 2, 1859, Erzurum, Turkey
- November 24, 1976, Muradiye, Turkey
- April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, Turkey
- August 19, 1966, Varto, Turkey
- September 6, 1975, Lice, Turkey
- March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey
- May 22, 1971, Bingol, Turkey
- May 31, 1946, Ustukran, Turkey
- October 23, 2011, Ercis, Van, Turkey
- September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, Turkey
- August 17, 1949, Karliova, Turkey
- July 29, 1945, Van,bolgesi, Turkey
- May 1, 2003, Bingol, Turkey
- January 3, 1952, Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzurum, Turkey
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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 2009.