July 30, 2004 Earthquake: Dogubeyazit, Turkey

Date

July 30, 2004

Time

07:14:07 UTC

Place

Dogubeyazit, Turkey

Magnitude

4 (Ms)

Focal depth

5 km (3 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.634° N, 43.966° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

1

Injuries

5

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 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 68 km
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths · 184 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 152 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 68 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 68 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 81 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 64 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 139 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 181 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 186 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 97 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 162 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 170 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 38 km
• April 18, 1843, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran1,000 deaths · 140 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 5793.