1966 Varto earthquake

Earthquake in eastern Turkey 1966 Varto earthquake Turkey 1966-08-19 12:22:12 844692 iscgem844692 1966 8 19 yes 14:22:12 6.8 w y 24.7 km mi 0 on 39.24 41.57 region:TR_type:event inline,title Turkey IX 2,394–3,000 dead 1,420–1,500 injured The 1966 Varto earthquake occurred on 19 August with a moment magnitude of 6.8 a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 2,394 were killed and up to 1,500 people were injured in the town of Varto and Hınıs in the Muş Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake devastated all the structures in Varto. https://web.archive.org/web/20070717000859/http://www.birebir.net/detay.asp?d=varto+depremi 2007-07-17 trhttp://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/ Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute National Earthquake Monitoring Center (NEMC) List of earthquakes 1900–2004 Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Turkish 31 January 2011 This disaster was preceded by an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 that hit Varto on 7 March 1966 killing 14 and wounding 75 people. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142345/http://www.belgenet.com/deprem/depremt.html 2012-10-22 tr See also List of earthquakes in 1966 List of earthquakes in Turkey North Anatolian Fault References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2013) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2017 International Seismological Centre Version 4.0 PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 External links 844692 1966 Varto Category:1966 in Turkey Category:1966 earthquakes Category:History of Muş Province Category:August 1966 in Europe Category:1966 disasters in Turkey