Magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Turkey: Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh; Iran: Maku · about 1,049 deaths
Natural disaster
1840 Mt Ararat earthquake
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Turkey: Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh; Iran: Maku · about 1,049 deaths
- 2 July 1840
- Middle East
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