November 26, 2005 Earthquake: Doganyol, Turkey

Date

November 26, 2005

Time

15:56:55 UTC

Place

Doganyol, Turkey

Magnitude

4.4 (Ms)

Focal depth

9 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.260° N, 38.814° E

Country

Turkey

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.

• February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Syria, TurkeyM7.8 · 56,697 deaths · $43 billion · 542,461 houses destroyed · 198 km
• December 26, 1939, Erzincan, TurkeyM7.8 · 32,700 deaths · $20 million · 120,000 houses destroyed · 195 km
• 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria20,000 deaths · 43 km
• 1268, Erzincan, Turkey15,000 deaths · 176 km
• July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey5,000 deaths · 171 km
• September 6, 1975, Lice, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,311 deaths · 168 km
• May 22, 1971, Bingol, TurkeyM6.7 · 995 deaths · $5 million · 158 km
• March 13, 1992, Erzincan, TurkeyM6.9 · 653 deaths · $750 million · 175 km
• March 31, 1893, Malatya, TurkeyM6.7 · 400 deaths · 45 km
• May 1, 2003, Bingol, TurkeyM6.4 · 177 deaths · 718 houses destroyed · 166 km
• November 27, 1934, Diyarbakir (Mouche Diarbekir), Kurdistan, Turkey100 deaths · 128 km
• July 26, 1967, Tunceli, TurkeyM6.2 · 97 deaths · 195 km
• June 3, 1952, Pasinler (Hasankale),erzincan, Turkey94 deaths · 181 km
• March 8, 2010, Okcular, Yukari Demirci, Elazig Province, TurkeyM6.1 · 51 deaths · 287 houses destroyed · 122 km
• January 24, 2020, Elazig and Malatya Provinces, TurkeyM6.7 · 41 deaths · 76 houses destroyed · 29 km

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