August 3, 1986 Earthquake: Yesilce, Ucgoze, Sam, Turkey

Date

August 3, 1986

Time

01:33:20 UTC

Place

Yesilce, Ucgoze, Sam, Turkey

Magnitude

4.1 (Ms)

Focal depth

12 km (7 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.200° N, 37.300° E

Country

Turkey

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

73

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 13, 115, Antakya (Antioch), TurkeyM7.5 · 260,000 deaths · 163 km
• May 29, 525, Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, TurkeyM7 · 250,000 deaths · 150 km
• November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria130,000 deaths · 112 km
• 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria80,000 deaths · 112 km
• September 458, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey80,000 deaths · 154 km
• September 30, 587, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey60,000 deaths · 150 km
• February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Syria, TurkeyM7.8 · 56,697 deaths · $43 billion · 542,461 houses destroyed · 23 km
• 341, Antakya (Antioch), Cyprus (Salamis), Turkey40,000 deaths · 154 km
• 565, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey30,000 deaths · 154 km
• 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria20,000 deaths · 162 km
• August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey20,000 deaths · 177 km
• January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria5,700 deaths · 95 km
• November 29, 528, Antakya (Antioch), TurkeyM7.1 · 4,870 deaths · 150 km
• October 26, 1156, Halab (Aleppo), Malatich, Syria2,000 deaths · 112 km
• April 3, 1872, Antakya (Antioch), Suedije, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,800 deaths · 148 km

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