1951 Kurşunlu earthquake
The 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake occurred at 18:33 GMT on 13 August near Kurşunlu, Çankırı Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey. The earthquake was one of a series of major and intermediate quakes that have occurred in modern times along the North Anatolian Fault since 1939.
It had a magnitude of 6.9 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of IX on the Mercalli intensity scale. There were 50 casualties and 3,354 injuries.
