December 31, 1899 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

December 31, 1899

Time

07:50 UTC

Place

Turkey

Magnitude

5.6

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.600° N, 43.500° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

247

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 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 89 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 195 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 179 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 103 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 115 km
• October 22, 1926, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 400 deaths · 77 km
• April 29, 1991, Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri, GeorgiaM7 · 270 deaths · $1.7 billion · 96 km
• January 9, 1925, Ardahan, TurkeyM5.8 · 200 deaths · 73 km
• July 12, 1900, Kars,karakurt,kagizman,digor, TurkeyM5.9 · 140 deaths · 1,100 houses destroyed · 148 km
• May 7, 1940, Turkey-CisM6 · 16 deaths · 27 km
• June 15, 1991, Dzhava, Tskhinvali, Ossetia, GeorgiaM6.1 · 8 deaths · 105 km
• April 25, 2002, Tbilisi, GeorgiaM4.3 · 5 deaths · 123 km
• April 29, 1976, TurkeyM5.5 · 4 deaths · 96 km
• September 18, 1984, E, Erzurum, Olur-Senkaya, TurkeyM6.4 · 3 deaths · 75,000 houses destroyed · 133 km
• October 18, 1984, E, Senkaya, TurkeyM5.3 · 3 deaths · 75,000 houses destroyed · 149 km

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