The 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake occurred at 00:20 local time on 27 November, near Tosya,

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, in northern Turkey. The

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had an estimated

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of 7.5 and a maximum felt intensity of between IX–X (''Violent'' to ''Extreme'') on the Mercalli intensity scale.

Casualties

A variety of casualty estimates have been provided for this event. The United States'

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's significant earthquake database and the

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loss estimate database both list 4,020 fatalities, while the Belgian

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' EM-DAT database, and Kubat et al. 2008 show 2,824. lists 4,020 as its primary entry while also acknowledging estimates of 2,824 and 5,000.

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* 1943 Tosya 1943 earthquakes 1943 in Turkey History of Kastamonu Province History of Samsun Province November 1943 events {{Turkey-hist-stub

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