August 19, 1976 Earthquake: Denizli, Turkey

Date

August 19, 1976

Time

01:12:36 UTC

Place

Denizli, Turkey

Magnitude

4.9 (Ms)

Focal depth

3 km (2 mi)

Intensity

4 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.700° N, 28.890° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

4

Injuries

50

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses damaged

1,800

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 · 175 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 191 km
• October 1491, Kos, Greece5,000 deaths · 189 km
• October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, TurkeyM7 · 4,000 deaths · 17,000 houses destroyed · 122 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 82 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 167 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 123 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 26 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 166 km
• 1863, Suhut, Turkey800 deaths · 172 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 186 km
• April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, GreeceM7.8 · 300 deaths · 2,050 houses destroyed · 155 km
• April 23, 1933, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceM6.4 · 181 deaths · 175 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 138 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 186 km

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