1939 Erzincan earthquake
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The 1939 Erzincan earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8–8.0 seismic event in eastern Turkey that caused tens of thousands of deaths and marked one of the deadliest earthquakes in the country’s history.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | earthquake ⓘ |
| affects |
Erzincan Province
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surrounding provinces in eastern Turkey ⓘ |
| aftershocks | numerous strong aftershocks ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | 1939 Erzincan Earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingsDestroyed | over 100,000 buildings ⓘ |
| buildingsDestroyedInErzincan | most of the city ⓘ |
| casualties |
approximately 32,700 deaths
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over 30,000 deaths ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| deadliestInCentury | one of the deadliest earthquakes of the 20th century ⓘ |
| deadliestInCountry | one of the deadliest earthquakes in Turkey ⓘ |
| depth | 20 km ⓘ |
| economicImpact | severe damage to infrastructure and economy in eastern Turkey ⓘ |
| endTime | 1939-12-27 ⓘ |
| epicenter | near Erzincan, Turkey ⓘ |
| fault | North Anatolian Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentResponse | large-scale emergency relief operations ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major event in the seismic history of Turkey ⓘ |
| homeless | hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ |
| influenced | development of seismic building codes in Turkey ⓘ |
| injured | over 100,000 people ⓘ |
| intensityScale | Mercalli intensity scale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalAid | received foreign assistance ⓘ |
| location |
Eastern Anatolia Region
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Erzincan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| magnitude |
7.8
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8.0 ⓘ |
| magnitudeScale |
moment magnitude scale
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surface wave magnitude scale ⓘ |
| maximumIntensity | XI ⓘ |
| partOf | North Anatolian Fault earthquake sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstruction | led to rebuilding of Erzincan ⓘ |
| recordedBy | seismological observatories worldwide ⓘ |
| ruptureLength | approximately 360 km ⓘ |
| sequenceRole | initiated westward-propagating earthquake sequence ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939-12-27 ⓘ |
| surfaceDisplacement | up to several meters of lateral offset ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | strike-slip faulting ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | 01:57 ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+02:00 ⓘ |
| triggered |
ground ruptures
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landslides ⓘ liquefaction ⓘ |
| type | crustal earthquake ⓘ |
| year | 1939 ⓘ |
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