Tsunami — South Black Sea

When

26 Dec 1939

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

39.91° N, 39.59° E

Deaths

32700

Injuries

100000

Damage musd

20

Houses destroyed

120000

Max water height m

0.5

Source quake magnitude

7.8

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Earthquake in Turkey

An earthquake struck Turkey's eastern Erzincan Province at 1:57:23 a.m. on 27 December 1939 local time with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.8 and maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). It is tied with the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes as the most powerful earthquake in Turkey to be recorded by instruments. However, it was less powerful than estimates of the 1668 North Anatolia earthquake.

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