What the records say
- When
- 20 Dec 1942
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 40.91° N, 36.74° E
- Deaths
- 1000
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 10
1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake
Earthquake in Turkey
The 1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake in Turkey occurred at 16:03 local time on 20 December. It had an estimated surface-wave magnitude of 7.0 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 3,000 casualties.
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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 “1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Türkiye'nin Tokat ilinin Erbaa ilçesinde 7,0 büyüklüğündeki Erbaa-Niksar Depremi oldu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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