November 15, 1942 Earthquake: Balikesir,bigadic, Turkey

Date

November 15, 1942

Time

17:01:00 UTC

Place

Balikesir,bigadic, Turkey

Magnitude

6.1

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.200° N, 28.200° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

16

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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 · 130 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 144 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 199 km
• September 10, 1509, Istanbul, TurkeyM7.7 · 5,000 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 178 km
• May 22, 1766, TurkeyM6.5 · 4,000 deaths · 191 km
• August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 193 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 111 km
• February 28, 1855, Tayabas, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,200 deaths · 135 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 124 km
• September 2, 1754, Izmit, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,000 deaths · 197 km
• July 10, 1894, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,349 deaths · 161 km
• April 29, 1855, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,300 deaths · 135 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 152 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 119 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 118 km

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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 3718.