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Historic Earthquake
1945 Turkey Earthquake
20 March 1945 · Aelana, Ceyhan · Turkey
On 20 March 1945 at 07:58 UTC, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey (Aelana, Ceyhan), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 79 km from its boundary with the Arabian Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 300 people.
- Date
- 20 March 1945
- Time
- 07:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.1
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 300
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Erciyes Volcanic Complex (148 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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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