January 27, 2003 Earthquake: Saglamtas, Pulumur, Turkey

Date

January 27, 2003

Time

05:26:23 UTC

Place

Saglamtas, Pulumur, Turkey

Magnitude

6.1 (Mw)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.500° N, 39.878° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

1

Injuries

Some (about 51 to 100)

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses damaged

Some (about 51 to 100) with its tsunami and other effects

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 · 52 km
• 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey32,000 deaths · 63 km
• 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, TurkeyM7.5 · 30,000 deaths · 63 km
• 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria20,000 deaths · 180 km
• 1268, Erzincan, Turkey15,000 deaths · 43 km
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths · 130 km
• July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey5,000 deaths · 39 km
• August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million · 149 km
• September 6, 1975, Lice, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,311 deaths · 135 km
• May 22, 1971, Bingol, TurkeyM6.7 · 995 deaths · $5 million · 95 km
• May 31, 1946, Ustukran, TurkeyM5.9 · 840 deaths · 132 km
• March 13, 1992, Erzincan, TurkeyM6.9 · 653 deaths · $750 million · 33 km
• December 5, 1943, NE, Anatolia, Turkey550 deaths · 57 km
• March 31, 1893, Malatya, TurkeyM6.7 · 400 deaths · 191 km
• August 17, 1949, Karliova, TurkeyM6.8 · 320 deaths · 68 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 5676.