October 3, 1914 Earthquake: Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, Turkey

On October 3, 1914, 22:06 UTC, 37.82 N, 30.27 E, earthquake, magnitude 7.0, intensity IX. A destructive earthquake centering on Lake Burdur killed more than 4000 people. The damage caused by the shock and the fire that followed was very great: more than 17000 houses were destroyed within a northeast trending zone about 90-km long and 30-km wide defined by Duvar, Yasikoy, Ilyas, Kilinc, Gonen,and Barla. In Burdur, 90% of the houses together with most of the historical monuments and the 20m

high clock-tower were destroyed. Kilinc was leveled to the ground and Keciborlu lost 85% of its houses. In Isparta 55% of the houses, the Great Mosque and other public buildings collapsed. Damage and casualties extended to Egridir, Dinar and to other villages within a radius of 60 km. There was damage to the Dinar-Egridir section of the railway line and to many villages as far as Denizli, Bolvadin and Antalya.

Although no clear-cut fault displacement has heretofore

been documented in association with this event, the permanent submergence of the southeast coast of Lake Burdur for a length of 23 km, reported immediately after the event, suggests that significant surface faulting of a normal nature had occurred along this part of the shore, striking N-45 degrees-E with the northwest (lake) side downthrown by as much as 150cm. The main shock was followed by a brief

sequence of small magnitude aftershocks. (reference #1215)

Reference #130 lists earthquake on Oct 3, 1914, 22:07.1 UTC, 38 N, 30 E, magnitude 7.1.

Reference #88 lists earthquake on Oct 3, 1914, 22:06:34 UTC, 37.5 N, 32.5 E, magnitude 7.7, shallow depth.

Reference #1002 lists earthquake on Oct 3, 1914, magnitude 7.7 in the Taurus Mts., S. Turkey.

Reference #1251 lists earthquake on Oct 4, 1914, 00:07 [local time], magnitude 6.9, intensity IX, 300 deaths, 6000 buildings damaged in Burdur.

Reference #1141 lists earthquake on Oct 3, 1914, magnitude 6.5, intensity IX, 300 deaths, 700 injuries, 6000 buildings damaged in Burdur.