Earthquake — Turkey: Lice

When

6 Sep 1975

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.7

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

38.47° N, 40.72° E

Deaths

2311

Injuries

3372

Damage musd

17

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

26

Earthquake in Turkey

The 1975 Lice earthquake struck the Turkish district of Lice at 12:20 local time on 6 September. The epicenter of the Ms 6.7 shock was located near the town of Lice and the maximum felt intensity was VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale. More than 2,300 people were killed.

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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 “1975 Lice earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Diyarbakır, Lice'de meydana gelen 6.6 Ms büyüklüğündeki depremde 2.385 kişi öldü, 7 bine yakın ev yıkıldı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Lice (Turquía), un terremoto de 6,7 deja 2.300 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page