September 4, 1962 Earthquake: Igdir, Turkey

Date

September 4, 1962

Time

22:59:00 UTC

Place

Igdir, Turkey

Magnitude

5.5

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.900° N, 43.900° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

1

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

• December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 61 km
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths · 198 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 123 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 61 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 61 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 72 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 94 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 149 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 196 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 94 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 188 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 153 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 48 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 151 km
• April 18, 1843, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran1,000 deaths · 168 km

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