December 27, 1976 Earthquake: Sadal,dalak Dashi,ab-E-Garm,siah Cheshmeh, Iran, Turkey

Date

December 27, 1976

Place

Sadal,dalak Dashi,ab-E-Garm,siah Cheshmeh, Iran, Turkey

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.000° N, 44.000° 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 · 123 km
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths · 159 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 123 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 123 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 136 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 7 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 130 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 174 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 122 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 104 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 140 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 85 km
• April 18, 1843, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran1,000 deaths · 90 km
• January 5, 1896, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran800 deaths · 103 km
• October 23, 2011, Ercis, Van, TurkeyM7.1 · 604 deaths · $1.5 billion · 5,739 houses destroyed · 52 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 4757.