July 22, 1880 Earthquake: Izmir, Turkey

Date

July 22, 1880

Place

Izmir, Turkey

Magnitude

6.1

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.100° N, 27.800° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Limited (under about $1 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.

• July 10, 1668, TurkeyM6.6 · 17,500 deaths · 70 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 85 km
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed · 142 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 137 km
• October 1491, Kos, Greece5,000 deaths · 151 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 37 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 62 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 93 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 190 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 172 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 186 km
• April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, GreeceM7.8 · 300 deaths · 2,050 houses destroyed · 179 km
• April 23, 1933, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceM6.4 · 181 deaths · 156 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 35 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 92 km

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