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Historic Earthquake
1939 Turkey Earthquake
21 September 1939 · Turkey
On 21 September 1939 at 00:37 UTC, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Turkey. It occurred on the Aegean Sea Plate, 27 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 41 people.
- Date
- 21 September 1939
- Time
- 00:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 41
- Plate
- Aegean Sea Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Kula volcano (160 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1981Aegean Sea, Lesbos · M 7.5
- 1970Gediz Earthquake of 1970 · M 7.21,086 deaths
- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 19561956 Amorgos Earthquake · M 7.756 deaths
- 1953Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953 · M 7.31,070 deaths
- 19261926 Earthquake Off Kos · M 7.0
- 1912Tekirdağ–Mürefte Earthquake of 1912 · M 7.22,800 deaths
- 1905Aegean Sea · M 7.211 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth