What the records say
- When
- 3 May 1875
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 38.10° N, 30.20° E
- Deaths
- 1300
- Houses destroyed
- 1000
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1875 Dinar earthquake
Earthquake in southwest Turkey
The 1875 Dinar earthquake occurred in Afyonkarahisar Province in present-day Turkey. More than 1,300 people died and 1,000 homes were destroyed when the Mw 6.77 earthquake struck. The communities of Çivril and Yaka were destroyed while Işıklı and Dinar were badly damaged. Ground fissures and hot springs appeared near Civril although these reports may have been exaggerated. There was minor damage in Uşak and Afyon.
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — Dinar-Afyonkarahisar”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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