- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 2, 1950 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 5.3 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.3
Other earthquake records of 1950 CE
- India-China · Mw 8.6 · 1,530 deaths
- Colombia, Anboledas · Mw 6.1 · 300 deaths
- Peru, Cusco · Ms 6 · 129 deaths
- Venezuela, El Tocuyo · Mw 6.4 · 100 deaths
- Iran, Bushire · Mw 5.7 · 30 deaths
- Turkey · 20 deaths
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1950 Turkey earthquake (Mw 5.3) (1950 CE) happen?
- January 2, 1950 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.