December 21, 1945 Earthquake: Denizli, Burdur, Turkey
An earthquake struck Denizli, Burdur, Turkey on December 21, 1945. It killed 7 people.
Map
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
- December 21, 1945
- Place
- Denizli, Burdur, Turkey
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.000° N, 28.900° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 7
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #1141 lists epicenter 38 N, 28.9 E, MMI VIII, 7 deaths, moderate damage.
Reference #1071 lists epicenter 38N, 28.9 E, MMI IX, severe damage.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 10, 1668, Turkey
- July 10, 1688, Izmir, Turkey
- October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, Turkey
- February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, Turkey
- 688, Izmir, Turkey
- May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, Turkey
- September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, Turkey
- March 28, 1970, Gediz, Turkey
- 1863, Suhut, Turkey
- October 16, 1862, Turkey
- April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, Greece
- April 23, 1933, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
- March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, Turkey
- October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, Greece
- October 1, 1995, Dinar, Evciler, 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 3814.