June 14, 2020 Earthquake: Bingol, Turkey
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Bingol, Turkey on June 14, 2020 at 14:24:29 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 14, 2020
- Time
- 14:24:29 UTC
- Place
- Bingol, Turkey
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.423° N, 40.707° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
An earthquake with a 5.7 magnitude shook Bingol province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing one person and injuring nine others, officials said.
The quake, with its epicentre in the Karliova district of Bingol, struck at 5:24 p.m. (1424 GMT), damaging dozens of homes and buildings, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) said. It said two security guards at a Turkish military installation in the region were injured when an observation tower collapsed. One of them later died, the Bingol governor's office said on Twitter.
Eight more people were injured in various villages in the area, including one child hurt when a roof collapsed, AFAD said.
(all above from reference #12724)
1 death, 35 injured (reference #1250)
One person killed and 35 injured, several houses damaged and rockslides damaged roads in the Yedisu-Karliova area. Yedisu, Turkey - CDI: 8; Karlıova, Turkey - CDI: 5; Erzurum, Erzurum, Turkey - CDI: 5; Uzumlu, Erzincan, Turkey - CDI: 4; Giresun, Giresun, Turkey - CDI: 3 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 26, 1939, Erzincan, Turkey
- 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey
- 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey
- 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey
- June 2, 1859, Erzurum, Turkey
- 1268, Erzincan, Turkey
- July 23, 1784, Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey
- April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, Turkey
- August 19, 1966, Varto, Turkey
- September 6, 1975, Lice, Turkey
- October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, Turkey
- May 22, 1971, Bingol, Turkey
- May 31, 1946, Ustukran, Turkey
- March 13, 1992, Erzincan, Turkey
- December 5, 1943, NE, Anatolia, Turkey
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Sources
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 10504.