September 22, 1888 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

September 22, 1888

Time

10:00 UTC

Place

Turkey

Magnitude

6.1

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.300° 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 · 181 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 82 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 181 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 181 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 178 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 143 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 67 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 82 km
• October 22, 1926, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 400 deaths · 56 km
• April 29, 1991, Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri, GeorgiaM7 · 270 deaths · $1.7 billion · 132 km
• December 31, 1899, TurkeyM5.6 · 247 deaths · 37 km
• January 9, 1925, Ardahan, TurkeyM5.8 · 200 deaths · 43 km
• July 12, 1900, Kars,karakurt,kagizman,digor, TurkeyM5.9 · 140 deaths · 1,100 houses destroyed · 112 km
• September 13, 1924, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.8 · 60 deaths · 380 houses destroyed · 181 km
• May 13, 1924, Erzurum, TurkeyM5.3 · 50 deaths · 183 km

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