October 18, 1984 Earthquake: E, Senkaya, Turkey

Date

October 18, 1984

Time

09:46:24 UTC

Place

E, Senkaya, Turkey

Magnitude

5.3 (mb)

Focal depth

60 km (37 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.545° N, 42.403° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

3

Injuries

35

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Houses destroyed

75,000

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 · 196 km
• 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey32,000 deaths · 185 km
• 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, TurkeyM7.5 · 30,000 deaths · 185 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 158 km
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 118 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 196 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 196 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 161 km
• August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million · 162 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 30 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 194 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 47 km
• May 31, 1946, Ustukran, TurkeyM5.9 · 840 deaths · 171 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 86 km
• September 10, 1941, Van, Ercis, TurkeyM6 · 430 deaths · 174 km

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