Earthquake — Turkey: Varto

When

19 Aug 1966

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.8

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

39.23° N, 41.57° E

Deaths

2394

Damage musd

20

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

24

Earthquake in eastern Turkey

The 1966 Varto earthquake occurred on 19 August with a moment magnitude of 6.8 a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 2,394 were killed and up to 1,500 people were injured in the town of Varto and Hınıs in the Muş Province of eastern Turkey.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.8 Varto earthquake affects the town of Varto in eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Turquía, un terremoto de 6,8 en el Oriente del país destruye varias ciudades y deja un saldo de 3.000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page