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Historic Earthquake
Niksar–Erbaa Earthquake of 1942
20 December 1942 · Niksar, Erbaa · Turkey
On 20 December 1942 at 14:03 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Turkey (Niksar, Erbaa), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 43 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 1,000 people.
- Date
- 20 December 1942
- Time
- 14:03 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1,000
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1992Erzincan Earthquake of 1992 · M 6.9653 deaths
- 1951Kurşunlu Earthquake of 1951 · M 6.754 deaths
- 1943Tosya–Ladik Earthquake of 1943 · M 7.54,020 deaths
- 19411941 Türkiye Earthquake · M 5.915 deaths
- 1939Erzincan Earthquake of 1939 · M 7.832,700 deaths
- 1938Kırşehir Earthquake of 1938 · M 6.6224 deaths
- 1929Suşehri–Sivas Earthquake of 1929 · M 6.564 deaths
- 1916Turkey · M 7.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth