July 29, 1880 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

July 29, 1880

Time

02:40:00 UTC

Place

Turkey

Magnitude

6.7

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.600° N, 27.100° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

30

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 · 22 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 28 km
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed · 85 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 84 km
• October 1491, Kos, Greece5,000 deaths · 189 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 106 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 24 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 169 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 181 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 90 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 104 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 61 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 83 km
• March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, TurkeyM6.5 · 53 deaths · 113 km
• September 21, 1939, TurkeyM6.5 · 41 deaths · 61 km

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