September 13, 1924 Earthquake: Erzurum, Turkey
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Erzurum, Turkey on September 13, 1924 at 14:34:05 UTC. It killed 60 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
- September 13, 1924
- Time
- 14:34:05 UTC
- Place
- Erzurum, Turkey
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 40.000° N, 42.000° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 60
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 380
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.
September 13, 1924, 14:34:05 UTC, 40 N, 42 E, magnitude 6.9, intensity IX. (reference #1004)
September 13, 1924, 16:34 UTC, intensity IX, magnitude 6.8, 60 deaths, 380 buildings damaged in Erzurum. (reference #1251)
September 13, 1924, 14:34:05 UTC, 40 N, 42 E, magnitude 6.75. (reference #130)
September 13, 1924, magnitude 6.75, intensity X, 200 deaths in Erzurum. (reference #1173)
September 13, 1924, 39.98 N, 41.7 E, magnitude 6-6.9, intensity VIII, Erzurum, Pasinler. (reference #1071)
September 16, 1924, Armenia.-Dispatches from Moscow and Constantinople state that a very severe earthquake occurred in the Erzerum district of Turkish Armenia on September 16th. It is reported that eighty villages were seriously affected and that the earth tremors continued for a considerable time. It is also reported that over 200 lives
were lost in the wrecked houses. (reference #1890)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey
- 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey
- 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey
- June 2, 1859, Erzurum, Turkey
- April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, Turkey
- August 19, 1966, Varto, Turkey
- October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, Turkey
- May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, Turkey
- May 22, 1971, Bingol, Turkey
- May 31, 1946, Ustukran, Turkey
- October 23, 2011, Ercis, Van, Turkey
- December 5, 1943, NE, Anatolia, Turkey
- May 1, 1935, Kigi, Turkey
- September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, Turkey
- October 22, 1926, Turkey, Armenia
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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 3252.