March 23, 1969 Earthquake: Demirci, Gordes, Sindirgi, Turkey

Date

March 23, 1969

Time

21:08:00 UTC

Place

Demirci, Gordes, Sindirgi, Turkey

Magnitude

5.6

Focal depth

12 km (7 mi)

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.200° N, 28.500° E

Country

Turkey

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 · 150 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 165 km
• May 25, 1719, Turkey6,000 deaths · 194 km
• September 10, 1509, Istanbul, TurkeyM7.7 · 5,000 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 181 km
• May 22, 1766, TurkeyM6.5 · 4,000 deaths · 183 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 114 km
• February 28, 1855, Tayabas, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,200 deaths · 122 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 144 km
• September 2, 1754, Izmit, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,000 deaths · 188 km
• July 10, 1894, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,349 deaths · 157 km
• April 29, 1855, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,300 deaths · 122 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 192 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 144 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 93 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 131 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 4479.