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Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1903 4 19 - 39.10 42.40 - -   1700 - seve Turkey:Malazgirt(possibly the same quake as on 28/4)
1903 4 28 2339U 39.14 42.65 - 7.0   3560 many seve Turkey:Malazgirt(I=9) D=600/2200/6000 (also on 09/5 and 12/5)
1903 5 28 357U 40.90 42.80 16 5.4   1000 - seve Turkey:Ardahan,Varginis,Cardahli(I=7-8)
1912 8 9 129U 40.75 27.20 n 7.4   2836 7353 seve Turkey:Saros-Marmara(I=10) D=216/1950 7.6S
1914 10 3 2206U 37.82 30.27 - 7.0   4000 many extr Turkey:Burdur(I=9-10) D=few/300 7.1S
1939 12 26 2357U 40.10 38.20 14 7.8   32968 100000 extr Turkey:[Erzincan EQ](I=11-12) fault D=45 thousand 7.8S
1942 11 26 2220U 40.50 34.00 - 7.6   4000 - extr Turkey:Havza,Ladik(possibly error of the same date in the following year )
1942 12 20 1403U 40.70 36.80 - 7.3   3000 6300 extr Turkey:Niksar,Erbaa(I=9) fault D=1000/1100 7.3S
1943 11 26 2220U 41.00 34.00 - 7.6   4020 5000 seve Turkey:Ladik fault D=2824/2900/5000 7.6S
1944 2 1 323U 41.50 32.50 - 7.6   3959 7000 seve Turkey:Gerede(Bolu) D=2381/2790/5000 fault 7.4S
1946 5 31 312U 40.00 41.50 - 6.0   1300 - seve Turkey:Ustukran(I=7-8) D=839
1953 3 18 1906U 40.02 27.53 7 7.4   1103 - seve Turkey:Onon fault D=224/265/1070 H=336 7.2S
1966 8 19 1222U 39.15 41.55 14 6.8   2517 1420 seve Turkey:Varto(I=9) fault D=2396/2964/3000+
1970 3 28 2102U 39.20 29.50 18 7.1   1086 1174 seve Turkey:Gediz(I=9) fault D=1098 H=5000
1975 9 6 920U 38.50 40.70 12 6.7   2370 4500 seve Turkey:Lice(I=9) fault D=2100/2385/3000
1976 11 24 1222U 39.12 44.03 36 7.3   3900 many seve Turkey:Muradiye/Iran fault D=3626/3840/10thousand 7.1S
1983 10 30 412U 40.33 42.19 12 6.9   1400 many seve Turkey:[Narman-Horasan EQ] D=1155/1300-2000 6.6W
1988 12 7 741U 40.99 44.19 5 6.8   25000 20000 extr Armenia:Spitak,Leninakan/E. Turkey fault 6.7W
1999 8 17 001U 40.75 29.86 17 7.8   17118 50000 extr Turkey:[Kocaeli EQ or Izmit EQ]Many missing? fault7.5W

Search condition : number of dead ≥1000

References of the above table

(CR) Report for seismicity in Turkey

(CR) Distribution of destructive earthquakes

(CR) Report for structural damages of 1974 and 1992 earthquakes