June 9, 1968 Earthquake: Zangezur, Armenia

Date

June 9, 1968

Place

Zangezur, Armenia

Magnitude

5

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.100° N, 46.100° E

Country

Armenia

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.

• 1139, Gyzndzha, Azerbaijan230,000 deaths · 135 km
• December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 163 km
• November 18, 1727, Tabriz, Iran77,000 deaths · 124 km
• November 4, 1042, Tabriz, IranM7.6 · 50,000 deaths · 113 km
• January 8, 1780, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 50,000 deaths · 123 km
• August 21, 1042, Tabriz, Iran40,000 deaths · 123 km
• April 26, 1721, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 40,000 deaths · 143 km
• February 5, 1641, Tabriz, Kurdistan, Iran30,000 deaths · 122 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 163 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 163 km
• December 27, 1779, Tabriz, IranM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 133 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 164 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 179 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 14 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 159 km

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