April 29, 1976 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

April 29, 1976

Time

22:18:09 UTC

Place

Turkey

Magnitude

5.5 (Ms)

Focal depth

44 km (27 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.890° N, 42.850° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

4

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses destroyed

Many (101 to 1,000)

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 · 178 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 113 km
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 171 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 178 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 178 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 179 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 84 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 187 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 13 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 60 km
• September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, TurkeyM6 · 430 deaths · 195 km
• October 22, 1926, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 400 deaths · 78 km
• April 29, 1991, Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri, GeorgiaM7 · 270 deaths · $1.7 billion · 187 km
• December 31, 1899, TurkeyM5.6 · 247 deaths · 96 km
• January 9, 1925, Ardahan, TurkeyM5.8 · 200 deaths · 35 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 4719.