What the records say
- When
- 22 Oct 1926
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 40.94° N, 43.77° E
- Deaths
- 400
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 15
1926 Kars earthquake
Earthquake in Turkey
The 1926 Kars earthquake occurred at 21:59 local time on 22 October along the border area of Soviet Armenia and eastern Turkey. It had a surface-wave magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 360 casualties. Many buildings in Leninakan and surrounding villages were destroyed or damaged.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.0 Kars earthquake occurs with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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