June 18, 1953 Earthquake: Edirne, Turkey

Date

June 18, 1953

Time

05:44:00 UTC

Place

Edirne, Turkey

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.400° N, 26.300° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

37

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.

• September 10, 1509, Istanbul, TurkeyM7.7 · 5,000 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 165 km
• August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 101 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 177 km
• April 14, 1928, Chirpan, BulgariaM6.8 · 127 deaths · 74,750 houses destroyed · 122 km
• July 11, 1690, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey20 deaths · 165 km
• January 4, 1935, TurkeyM6.4 · 5 deaths · 130 km
• July 5, 1983, NW, Biga, Erdek, Istanbul, TurkeyM6.1 · 5 deaths · 143 km
• May 24, 2014, Greece, TurkeyM6.9 · 3 deaths · $4.5 billion · 145 km
• February 9, 1893, Samothraki, GreeceM6.5 · 1 death · 121 km
• September 26, 2019, Istanbul, TurkeyM5.7 · 1 death · 167 km
• March 4, 2024, Bursa, TurkeyM4.3 · 1 death · 186 km
• November 16, 1509, Edirne, Turkey42 km
• February 20, 2006, Greece-Bulgaria Border RegionM4.6 · 72 km
• 282 BC, Lysimachia, Turkey74 km
• May 3, 1928, Western, TurkeyM4.3 · 79 km

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