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Historic Earthquake
Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953
18 March 1953 · Yenice, Onon · Turkey
On 18 March 1953 at 19:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Turkey (Yenice, Onon), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 52 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 1,070 people.
- Date
- 18 March 1953
- Time
- 19:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 10 km
- Deaths
- 1,070
- Estimated Damage
- 4 million US dollars
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Kula volcano (193 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19991999 İzmit Earthquake · M 7.617,118 deaths
- 1981Aegean Sea, Lesbos · M 7.5
- 1970Gediz Earthquake of 1970 · M 7.21,086 deaths
- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 1967Mudurnu Earthquake of 1967 · M 7.386 deaths
- 1957Abant Earthquake of 1957 · M 7.152 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