December 11, 1942 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

December 11, 1942

Time

02:39:00 UTC

Place

Turkey

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.800° N, 35.100° E

Country

Turkey

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

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.

• May 1598, Amasya, Corum, Turkey60,000 deaths · 51 km
• November 26, 1943, Ladik, Samsun, Havza, TurkeyM7.5 · 4,020 deaths · 40,000 houses destroyed · 122 km
• February 1, 1944, TurkeyM7.6 · 2,381 deaths · 178 km
• December 20, 1942, Niksar, Erbaa, TurkeyM7 · 1,000 deaths · 139 km
• April 19, 1938, Kirsehir, TurkeyM6.6 · 224 deaths · 172 km
• May 12, 1844, Osmancik, Ankara, Turkey200 deaths · 32 km
• August 13, 1951, Kursunlu, TurkeyM6.7 · 54 deaths · 143 km
• November 21, 1942, Kastamonu, Kargi, Turkey17 deaths · 70 km
• September 28, 1881, TurkeyM6.1 · 12 deaths · 128 km
• December 2, 1942, Corum, Turkey4 deaths · 24 km
• March 9, 1902, Cankiri, TurkeyM5.5 · 4 deaths · 127 km
• June 6, 2000, Cerkes, Cubuk, Orta, TurkeyM6 · 2 deaths · 178 km
• June 25, 1910, Hacihamza,osmancik,iskilip, TurkeyM6.1 · 44 km
• September 2, 967, Honorias, Paphlagonia, TurkeyDeaths: many · 95 km
• April 18, 2024, Anatolia, TurkeyM5.6 · 115 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 3724.