Earthquake — Turkey

When

1 Feb 1944

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.6

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

40.66° N, 33.00° E

Deaths

2381

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

30

Earthquake in northwest Turkey

The 1944 Bolu–Gerede earthquake occurred at 05:22 local time on 1 February. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.74 Mw and a maximum felt intensity of IX–X (Violent–Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It ruptured part of the North Anatolian Fault, forming part of a progressive sequence of events that generally migrated westwards along the fault zone, starting with the 1939 Erzincan earthquake.

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