December 3, 1999 Earthquake: Goresken, Erzurum Province, Turkey

Date

December 3, 1999

Time

17:06:54 UTC

Place

Goresken, Erzurum Province, Turkey

Magnitude

5.7 (Mw)

Focal depth

19 km (12 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.358° N, 42.346° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

1

Injuries

6

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses damaged

340

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 · 173 km
• 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, TurkeyM7.5 · 30,000 deaths · 173 km
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths · 185 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 170 km
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 102 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 · 141 km
• August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million · 141 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 14 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 190 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 67 km
• May 31, 1946, Ustukran, TurkeyM5.9 · 840 deaths · 150 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 93 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 5547.