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Historic Earthquake
Manyas Earthquake of 1964
6 October 1964 · Manyas, Bursa · Turkey
On 6 October 1964 at 14:31 UTC, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Turkey (Manyas, Bursa), at a depth of 27 km. It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 50 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 19 people.
- Date
- 6 October 1964
- Time
- 14:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Depth
- 27 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 19
- Estimated Damage
- 5 million US dollars
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Nearest Volcano
- Kula volcano (182 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 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
- 1953Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953 · M 7.31,070 deaths
- 1912Tekirdağ–Mürefte Earthquake of 1912 · M 7.22,800 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth