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Historic Earthquake
1944 Turkey Earthquake
6 October 1944 · Ayvalik · Turkey
On 6 October 1944 at 02:34 UTC, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Turkey (Ayvalik). It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 23 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 30 people. 5,500 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 6 October 1944
- Time
- 02:34 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 30
- Homes Destroyed
- 5,500
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Kula volcano (196 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 1953Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953 · M 7.31,070 deaths
- 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