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Historic Earthquake
1944 Turkey Earthquake
25 June 1944 · Usak · Turkey
On 25 June 1944 at 04:16 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Turkey (Usak), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 139 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 21 people.
- Date
- 25 June 1944
- Time
- 04:16 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 21
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Kula volcano (76 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 1957Abant Earthquake of 1957 · M 7.152 deaths
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth