August 11, 2004 Earthquake: Elazig, Sivrice, Turkey

Date

August 11, 2004

Time

15:48:26 UTC

Place

Elazig, Sivrice, Turkey

Magnitude

5.7 (Mw)

Focal depth

7 km (4 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.377° N, 39.261° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

1

Injuries

11

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

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 · 172 km
• 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey32,000 deaths · 196 km
• 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, TurkeyM7.5 · 30,000 deaths · 196 km
• 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria20,000 deaths · 79 km
• 1268, Erzincan, Turkey15,000 deaths · 154 km
• July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey5,000 deaths · 149 km
• September 6, 1975, Lice, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,311 deaths · 128 km
• May 22, 1971, Bingol, TurkeyM6.7 · 995 deaths · $5 million · 118 km
• March 13, 1992, Erzincan, TurkeyM6.9 · 653 deaths · $750 million · 151 km
• December 5, 1943, NE, Anatolia, Turkey550 deaths · 191 km
• March 31, 1893, Malatya, TurkeyM6.7 · 400 deaths · 84 km
• August 17, 1949, Karliova, TurkeyM6.8 · 320 deaths · 175 km
• May 1, 2003, Bingol, TurkeyM6.4 · 177 deaths · 718 houses destroyed · 126 km
• November 27, 1934, Diyarbakir (Mouche Diarbekir), Kurdistan, Turkey100 deaths · 97 km
• July 26, 1967, Tunceli, TurkeyM6.2 · 97 deaths · 159 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 5797.