1929 Suşehri earthquake explained
| 1929 Suşehri earthquake |
| Timestamp: | 1929-05-18 06:37:55 |
| Isc-Event: | 908082 |
| Anss-Url: | iscgem908082 |
| Local-Date: | 18 May 1929 |
| Magnitude: | 6.3 |
| Depth: | 150NaN0 |
| Location: | 40.266°N 38.096°W |
| Casualties: | 64 fatalities, 72 injuries |
The 1929 Suşehri earthquake affected Sivas Province, Turkey on 18 May at 06:37 UTC. The moment magnitude 6.3 shock centered north of Suşehri had a depth of . The New York Times reported 64 deaths and 72 injuries from 74 villages affected by the earthquake. The worst affected towns were Karahisar and Suşehri.[1] A total of 1,357 buildings were damaged across 20 villages.[2] All public buildings and many homes in Suşehri were damaged and unsuitable for living.[3]
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Notes and References
- News: 64 ARE REPORTED DEAD IN QUAKE IN TURKEY; Seventy-two Are Hurt and 1,357 Houses Are Ruined Near Sivas, Angora Says. . 29 December 2023 . The New York Times . 27 May 1929.
- Web site: Büyük depremler . Major earthquakes . Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute . 29 December 2023 . tr.
- Demirtaş . Ramazan . Kuzey Anadolu Fay Sistemi Diri Fayları ve Deprem Etkinlikleri Paleosismolojik Çalışmalar ve Gelecek Deprem Potansiyelleri . Northern Anatolian Fault System Active Faults and Earthquake Activities Paleoseismological Studies and Future Earthquake Potentials . 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509141911/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramazan-Demirtas/publication/331772444_Kuzey_Anadolu_Fay_Sistemi_Diri_Faylari_ve_Deprem_Etkinlikleri_Paleosismolojik_Calismalar_ve_Gelecek_Deprem_Potansiyelleri/links/5c8b635792851c1df941bc74/Kuzey-Anadolu-Fay-Sistemi-Diri-Faylari-ve-Deprem-Etkinlikleri-Paleosismolojik-Calismalar-ve-Gelecek-Deprem-Potansiyelleri.pdf?origin=publication_detail . 9 May 2021 . tr . 10.13140/RG.2.2.36608.69125.
