March 28, 1969 Earthquake: Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, Turkey

Date

March 28, 1969

Time

01:48:00 UTC

Place

Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, Turkey

Magnitude

6.5

Focal depth

9 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.600° N, 28.400° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

53

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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 · 115 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 132 km
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed · 194 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 191 km
• October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, TurkeyM7 · 4,000 deaths · 17,000 houses destroyed · 185 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 48 km
• February 28, 1855, Tayabas, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,200 deaths · 188 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 107 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 167 km
• April 29, 1855, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,300 deaths · 188 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 84 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 115 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 187 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 184 km
• 1863, Suhut, Turkey800 deaths · 187 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 4482.