In Turkey, the earthquake that happened in Erzincan in 1939 was most powerful temblor recorded in the last century, followed by the 1999 earthquake in Gölcük, Kocaeli, which resulted in over 17 thousand deaths
Earthquakes with the highest magnitude in Turkey from 1912 to 2024
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