1898 Balıkesir earthquake (Q20474005)

matcher place: Balıkesir (relation 223464)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1898 disasters in Asia, 1898 earthquakes, 1898 in the Ottoman Empire, 19th-century disasters in the Ottoman Empire, Earthquakes in Turkey, European earthquake stubs, History of Balıkesir Province, January 1898 events, Turkish history stubs

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1898 Balıkesir earthquake occurred around 11:30 local time (8:30 UTC) on 29 January 1898 in Ottoman Empire, modern Turkey. It was the deadliest earthquake in history of Balıkesir. Around 500 people died as a result of the earthquake. Only 51 of the 11,000 buildings in city remained unaffected. Around 53,000 people from the city and around the city were affected.

Summary from Türkçe / Turkish Wikipedia (trwiki)

1898 Balıkesir depremi, 29 Ocak 1898 tarihinde saat 11.30'da (8.30 UTC) Balıkesir'de meydana gelen bir depremdir. Halk, 7,0 M_w  büyüklüğündeki depremden birkaç saat önce yaşanan öncü depremlerde dışarı kaçtığı için can kaybının az olduğu (500 civarı) tahmin edilmektedir. Osmanlı kayıtlarına göre kentteki 11.000 binadan sadece 51 bina depremden etkilenmemiştir. Şehir merkezi ve çevre yerleşmelerde toplam 53.000 kişi depremden etkilenmiştir.

Wikidata location: 39.4000, 27.5300 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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