May 18, 1929 Earthquake: Susehri, Turkey

Date

May 18, 1929

Time

06:37:00 UTC

Place

Susehri, Turkey

Magnitude

6.5

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.200° N, 37.900° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

64

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 26, 1939, Erzincan, TurkeyM7.8 · 32,700 deaths · $20 million · 120,000 houses destroyed · 147 km
• 1268, Erzincan, Turkey15,000 deaths · 145 km
• July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey5,000 deaths · 147 km
• December 20, 1942, Niksar, Erbaa, TurkeyM7 · 1,000 deaths · 125 km
• March 13, 1992, Erzincan, TurkeyM6.9 · 653 deaths · $750 million · 155 km
• December 5, 1943, NE, Anatolia, Turkey550 deaths · 180 km
• June 3, 1952, Pasinler (Hasankale),erzincan, Turkey94 deaths · 143 km
• February 4, 1950, Turkey20 deaths · 180 km
• November 12, 1941, Erzincan, TurkeyM5.9 · 15 deaths · 139 km
• January 27, 2003, Saglamtas, Pulumur, TurkeyM6.1 · 1 death · 186 km
• July 2, 1970, Sivas, TurkeyM4.9 · 1 death · 150 houses destroyed · 187 km
• February 9, 1909, Zara,ipsala,koyulhisar,enders, TurkeyM6.3 · Deaths: some · 28 km
• January 24, 1916, TurkeyM7 · 50 km
• June 1827, Tokat, Erbaa, Turkey123 km
• November 29, 1456, Erzincan, Turkey143 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 3393.