May 11, 1875 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

May 11, 1875

Place

Turkey

Magnitude

6.1

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.700° N, 29.400° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

Some (about 51 to 100)

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 · 124 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 118 km
• February 28, 1855, Tayabas, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,200 deaths · 169 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 194 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 96 km
• April 29, 1855, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,300 deaths · 169 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 99 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 47 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 96 km
• 1863, Suhut, Turkey800 deaths · 102 km
• April 11, 1855, Bursa, Turkey400 deaths · 169 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 187 km
• October 1, 1995, Dinar, Evciler, TurkeyM6.4 · 95 deaths · $205.8 million · 5,100 houses destroyed · 95 km
• May 12, 1971, Burdur, TurkeyM5.9 · 56 deaths · 127 km
• March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, TurkeyM6.5 · 53 deaths · 88 km

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