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Historic Earthquake
1952 Turkey Earthquake
3 June 1952 · Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzincan · Turkey
On 3 June 1952, an earthquake struck Turkey (Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzincan). It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 36 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 94 people.
- Date
- 3 June 1952
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 94
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20232023 Turkey–Syria Earthquakes · M 7.5
- 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
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth