May 3, 1875 Earthquake: Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, Turkey
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, Turkey on May 3, 1875. It killed 1,300 people.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- May 3, 1875
- Place
- Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, Turkey
- Magnitude
- 7.3 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.100° N, 30.200° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 1,300
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
- Houses destroyed
- 1,000
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
May 3-5, 1875, 38.1 N, 30.2 E, magnitude 7.3, intensity X. A disastrous shock in the Asia Minor, the villages Civril and Yaka(?) were completely destroyed, an devastation at Igikli, allegedly more than one thousand houses destroyed and several thousands persons killed, near Civril the ground fissured and hot springs originated, exaggerated?; epic. probably in the region of Dinar, heavy damage in the region of Dinar and Civril, At Ugak and Afyon small damage, 1300 victims. (reference #1099)
May 3, 1875, 38.15 N, 30.2 E, intensity IX at Capali, Dinar and Civril, 1300 deaths. (reference #1071)
May 5, 1875, 38.1 N, 30.2 E, intensity IX at Capali, Dinar and Civril. (reference #1071)
May 3-5, 1875, Asia Mino, Ischikli, 1000 houses destroyed, Yoril, Yaka, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
May 3, 1875, Isikli. W. Turkey. (reference #1002)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, Turkey
- February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, Turkey
- September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, Turkey
- March 28, 1970, Gediz, Turkey
- 1863, Suhut, Turkey
- October 16, 1862, Turkey
- October 1, 1995, Dinar, Evciler, Turkey
- May 12, 1971, Burdur, Turkey
- March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, Turkey
- February 3, 2002, Afyon, Turkey
- June 25, 1944, Usak, Turkey
- February 21, 1946, Iigin, Konya, Turkey
- December 21, 1945, Denizli, Burdur, Turkey
- December 15, 2000, Afyon-Bolvadin, Turkey
- August 19, 1976, Denizli, Turkey
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2224.