Province
Sivas
Turkey · Asia
Sivas is a province of Turkey, in Asia. It spans the Anatolian and Eurasian plates. Records include 2 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Urban FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- WildfireHigh
- VolcanoMedium
- River FloodLow
- Water ScarcityLow
- Extreme HeatLow
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 1929Suşehri–Sivas Earthquake of 1929 · M 6.564 deaths
- 1916Sivas · M 7.0
Famous Faults
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002