March 25, 1977 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

March 25, 1977

Time

02:39:58 UTC

Place

Turkey

Magnitude

4.9 (Ms)

Focal depth

21 km (13 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.560° N, 40.020° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

30

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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 · 154 km
• 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey32,000 deaths · 153 km
• 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, TurkeyM7.5 · 30,000 deaths · 153 km
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths · 190 km
• 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria20,000 deaths · 146 km
• 1268, Erzincan, Turkey15,000 deaths · 140 km
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 185 km
• July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey5,000 deaths · 134 km
• August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million · 154 km
• September 6, 1975, Lice, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,311 deaths · 62 km
• May 22, 1971, Bingol, TurkeyM6.7 · 995 deaths · $5 million · 49 km
• May 31, 1946, Ustukran, TurkeyM5.9 · 840 deaths · 139 km
• March 13, 1992, Erzincan, TurkeyM6.9 · 653 deaths · $750 million · 133 km
• December 5, 1943, NE, Anatolia, Turkey550 deaths · 160 km
• March 31, 1893, Malatya, TurkeyM6.7 · 400 deaths · 153 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 4767.