September 6, 1975 Earthquake: Lice, Turkey

Date

September 6, 1975

Time

09:20:10 UTC

Place

Lice, Turkey

Magnitude

6.7 (Ms)

Focal depth

26 km (16 mi)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.474° N, 40.723° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

2,311

Injuries

3,372

Damage

$17 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 26, 1939, Erzincan, TurkeyM7.8 · 32,700 deaths · $20 million · 120,000 houses destroyed · 187 km
• 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey32,000 deaths · 161 km
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths · 131 km
• 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, TurkeyM7.5 · 30,000 deaths · 161 km
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 166 km
• 1268, Erzincan, Turkey15,000 deaths · 177 km
• July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey5,000 deaths · 172 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 169 km
• August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million · 112 km
• May 22, 1971, Bingol, TurkeyM6.7 · 995 deaths · $5 million · 41 km
• May 31, 1946, Ustukran, TurkeyM5.9 · 840 deaths · 101 km
• March 13, 1992, Erzincan, TurkeyM6.9 · 653 deaths · $750 million · 168 km
• December 5, 1943, NE, Anatolia, Turkey550 deaths · 181 km
• August 17, 1949, Karliova, TurkeyM6.8 · 320 deaths · 115 km
• May 1, 2003, Bingol, TurkeyM6.4 · 177 deaths · 718 houses destroyed · 63 km

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