June 14, 1964 Earthquake: Malatya,adiyaman, Turkey

Date

June 14, 1964

Time

12:16:00 UTC

Place

Malatya,adiyaman, Turkey

Magnitude

6.1

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.100° N, 38.300° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

8

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.

• February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Syria, TurkeyM7.8 · 56,697 deaths · $43 billion · 542,461 houses destroyed · 152 km
• 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria20,000 deaths · 34 km
• January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria5,700 deaths · 178 km
• October 11, 1138, Aleppo, Harim, Zaranda, Athareb, Shih, Syria600 deaths · 196 km
• March 31, 1893, Malatya, TurkeyM6.7 · 400 deaths · 22 km
• November 27, 1934, Diyarbakir (Mouche Diarbekir), Kurdistan, Turkey100 deaths · 169 km
• March 8, 2010, Okcular, Yukari Demirci, Elazig Province, TurkeyM6.1 · 51 deaths · 287 houses destroyed · 170 km
• January 24, 2020, Elazig and Malatya Provinces, TurkeyM6.7 · 41 deaths · 76 houses destroyed · 76 km
• March 25, 1977, TurkeyM4.9 · 30 deaths · 159 km
• December 15, 1934, Diyarbakir (Diarbekir), Kurdistan, Turkey20 deaths · 169 km
• May 5, 1986, Dogansehir-Golbashi, Kapidere, TurkeyM5.9 · 15 deaths · $5 million · 4,000 houses destroyed · 45 km
• February 27, 2023, NW, Malatya, Syria, TurkeyM5.2 · 2 deaths · 31 houses destroyed · 14 km
• September 24, 1968, TurkeyM5.1 · 2 deaths · 198 km
• August 11, 2004, Elazig, Sivrice, TurkeyM5.7 · 1 death · 89 km
• July 2, 1970, Sivas, TurkeyM4.9 · 1 death · 150 houses destroyed · 160 km

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