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Historic Earthquake
1914 Turkey Earthquake
3 October 1914 · Burdur, Kilinc · Turkey
On 3 October 1914 at 22:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Turkey (Burdur, Kilinc). It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 176 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 4,000 people and injured 700. 17,000 homes were destroyed. It is the 65th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 3 October 1914
- Time
- 22:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 4,000
- Injuries
- 700
- Homes Destroyed
- 17,000
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Kula volcano (175 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2002Afyon Earthquake of 2002 · M 6.544 deaths
- 1970Gediz Earthquake of 1970 · M 7.21,086 deaths
- 1969Alaşehir Earthquake of 1969 · M 6.553 deaths
- 1957Fethiye Earthquake of 1957 · M 7.318 deaths
- 1955Soke, Aydin · M 6.623 deaths
- 1943Adapazarı–Hendek Earthquake of 1943 · M 6.4285 deaths
- 19331933 Kos Earthquake · M 6.4181 deaths
- 1928İzmir–Torbalı Earthquake of 1928 · M 6.5170 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth