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Historic Earthquake
1942 Turkey Earthquake
15 November 1942 · Balikesir, Bigadic · Turkey
On 15 November 1942 at 17:01 UTC, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey (Balikesir, Bigadic). It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 90 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 16 people.
- Date
- 15 November 1942
- Time
- 17:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.1
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 16
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Kula volcano (74 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19991999 İzmit Earthquake · M 7.617,118 deaths
- 1981Aegean Sea, Lesbos · M 7.5
- 1970Gediz Earthquake of 1970 · M 7.21,086 deaths
- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 1967Mudurnu Earthquake of 1967 · M 7.386 deaths
- 1957Abant Earthquake of 1957 · M 7.152 deaths
- 1953Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953 · M 7.31,070 deaths
- 1912Tekirdağ–Mürefte Earthquake of 1912 · M 7.22,800 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth