February 20, 1956 Earthquake: Eskisehir, Turkey

Date

February 20, 1956

Time

20:31:00 UTC

Place

Eskisehir, Turkey

Magnitude

5.8

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.000° N, 30.500° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

4

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.

• August 17, 1999, Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, TurkeyM7.6 · 17,118 deaths · $20 billion · 96 km
• May 25, 1719, Turkey6,000 deaths · 129 km
• May 22, 1766, TurkeyM6.5 · 4,000 deaths · 155 km
• February 28, 1855, Tayabas, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,200 deaths · 121 km
• September 2, 1754, Izmit, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,000 deaths · 142 km
• July 10, 1894, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,349 deaths · 167 km
• April 29, 1855, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,300 deaths · 121 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 128 km
• October 11, 367, Iznik,nicaea, Turkey1,000 deaths · 103 km
• November 12, 1999, Bolu-Duzce-Kaynasli, Adapazari, Zonguldak, TurkeyM7.2 · 894 deaths · $1 billion · 101 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 133 km
• 1863, Suhut, Turkey800 deaths · 164 km
• May 12, 1866, Goynuk, TurkeyM7.2 · 675 deaths · 2,400 houses destroyed · 49 km
• April 11, 1855, Bursa, Turkey400 deaths · 121 km
• June 20, 1943, Hendek, Adapazari, TurkeyM6.4 · 285 deaths · 56 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 4092.