April 863 Earthquake: Dvina, Turkey, Armenia

Date

April 863

Place

Dvina, Turkey, Armenia

Magnitude

4.9

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.000° N, 44.600° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

• 1139, Gyzndzha, Azerbaijan230,000 deaths · 148 km
• December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 0 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 115 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 0 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 0 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 14 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 116 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 149 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 34 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 37 km
• April 18, 1843, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran1,000 deaths · 158 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 189 km
• January 5, 1896, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran800 deaths · 170 km
• October 23, 2011, Ercis, Van, TurkeyM7.1 · 604 deaths · $1.5 billion · 5,739 houses destroyed · 170 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 119 km

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