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Historic Earthquake
1950 Turkey Earthquake
4 February 1950 · Turkey
On 4 February 1950 at 09:31 UTC, an earthquake struck Turkey. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 34 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 20 people.
- Date
- 4 February 1950
- Time
- 09:31 UTC
- Deaths
- 20
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1992Erzincan Earthquake of 1992 · M 6.9653 deaths
- 1983Erzurum Earthquake of 1983 · M 6.91,342 deaths
- 1949Karlıova Earthquake of 1949 · M 6.8320 deaths
- 1942Niksar–Erbaa Earthquake of 1942 · M 7.01,000 deaths
- 1939Erzincan Earthquake of 1939 · M 7.832,700 deaths
- 19241924 Pasinler Earthquake · M 6.860 deaths
- 1916Turkey · M 7.0
- 1905Caucasus · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth