March 31, 1893 Earthquake: Malatya, Turkey
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Malatya, Turkey on March 31, 1893. It killed 400 people.
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
- March 31, 1893
- Place
- Malatya, Turkey
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.300° N, 38.300° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 400
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
March 31, 1893, 38.3 N, 38.3 E, intensity = IX, magnitude = 6.7. Severe damage at Malatya, 400 victims, damage and victims also at Izolu, epicenter probably north of Malatya. (reference #1099)
March 31, 1893, 38.4 N, 38.7 E, intensity IX, at Malatya Region. (reference #1071)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Syria, Turkey
- 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria
- 1268, Erzincan, Turkey
- January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey
- May 22, 1971, Bingol, Turkey
- March 13, 1992, Erzincan, Turkey
- November 27, 1934, Diyarbakir (Mouche Diarbekir), Kurdistan, Turkey
- June 3, 1952, Pasinler (Hasankale),erzincan, Turkey
- March 8, 2010, Okcular, Yukari Demirci, Elazig Province, Turkey
- January 24, 2020, Elazig and Malatya Provinces, Turkey
- March 25, 1977, Turkey
- December 15, 1934, Diyarbakir (Diarbekir), Kurdistan, Turkey
- May 5, 1986, Dogansehir-Golbashi, Kapidere, Turkey
- November 12, 1941, Erzincan, 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 2424.