January 9, 1925 Earthquake: Ardahan, Turkey
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Ardahan, Turkey on January 9, 1925 at 17:38:24 UTC. It killed 200 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
- January 9, 1925
- Time
- 17:38:24 UTC
- Place
- Ardahan, Turkey
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 41.200° N, 42.800° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 200
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.
January 9, 1925, 17:38:20 UTC, 41 N, 43 E, magnitude 5.8, intensity VI-VII. (reference #1004)
January 9, 1925, 17:38:24 UTC, 41.2, 42.8 E, magnitude 5.8, intensity VIII. (reference #223)
January 9, 1925, Kavkaz, Ardahan, magnitude 5.8, 200 people killed. (reference #1173)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, Armenia
- June 2, 1859, Erzurum, Turkey
- October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, Turkey
- May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, Turkey
- May 1, 1935, Kigi, Turkey
- October 22, 1926, Turkey, Armenia
- April 29, 1991, Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri, Georgia
- December 31, 1899, Turkey
- July 12, 1900, Kars,karakurt,kagizman,digor, Turkey
- January 3, 1952, Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzurum, Turkey
- September 13, 1924, Erzurum, Turkey
- May 13, 1924, Erzurum, Turkey
- July 1, 2004, Dogubeyazit, Turkey
- July 24, 1852, Turkey
- May 7, 1940, Turkey-Cis
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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 3257.