October 22, 1926 Earthquake: Turkey, Armenia

Date

October 22, 1926

Time

19:59:38 UTC

Place

Turkey, Armenia

Magnitude

5.9 (Mw)

Focal depth

15 km (9 mi)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.942° N, 43.771° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

400

Damage

Extreme (about $25 million or more)

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 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 126 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 35 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 126 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 126 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 122 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 148 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 150 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 148 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 90 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 51 km
• September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, TurkeyM6 · 430 deaths · 196 km
• April 29, 1991, Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri, GeorgiaM7 · 270 deaths · $1.7 billion · 168 km
• December 31, 1899, TurkeyM5.6 · 247 deaths · 77 km
• January 9, 1925, Ardahan, TurkeyM5.8 · 200 deaths · 86 km
• July 12, 1900, Kars,karakurt,kagizman,digor, TurkeyM5.9 · 140 deaths · 1,100 houses destroyed · 91 km

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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 3296.