1863 Earthquake: Suhut, Turkey

Date

1863

Place

Suhut, Turkey

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.530° N, 30.550° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

800

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, TurkeyM7 · 4,000 deaths · 17,000 houses destroyed · 83 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 57 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 164 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 106 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 30 km
• October 1, 1995, Dinar, Evciler, TurkeyM6.4 · 95 deaths · $205.8 million · 5,100 houses destroyed · 63 km
• May 12, 1971, Burdur, TurkeyM5.9 · 56 deaths · 122 km
• March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, TurkeyM6.5 · 53 deaths · 187 km
• February 3, 2002, Afyon, TurkeyM6.5 · 44 deaths · 63 km
• June 25, 1944, Usak, TurkeyM6 · 21 deaths · 116 km
• February 21, 1946, Iigin, Konya, TurkeyM5.6 · 12 deaths · 115 km
• December 21, 1945, Denizli, Burdur, Turkey7 deaths · 156 km
• December 15, 2000, Afyon-Bolvadin, TurkeyM6 · 6 deaths · 70 km
• February 20, 1956, Eskisehir, TurkeyM5.8 · 4 deaths · 164 km
• August 19, 1976, Denizli, TurkeyM4.9 · 4 deaths · 172 km

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