October 11, 1986 Earthquake: Aydin, Denizli-Izmir-Manisa, Turkey

Date

October 11, 1986

Time

09:00:10 UTC

Place

Aydin, Denizli-Izmir-Manisa, Turkey

Magnitude

5.5 (Ms)

Focal depth

5 km (3 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.931° N, 28.574° E

Country

Turkey

Injuries

3

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million); Moderate (about $1 to $5 million) with its tsunami and other effects

Houses destroyed

50

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 · 139 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 155 km
• October 1491, Kos, Greece5,000 deaths · 180 km
• October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, TurkeyM7 · 4,000 deaths · 17,000 houses destroyed · 149 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 44 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 131 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 144 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 23 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 156 km
• 1863, Suhut, Turkey800 deaths · 185 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 194 km
• April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, GreeceM7.8 · 300 deaths · 2,050 houses destroyed · 167 km
• April 23, 1933, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceM6.4 · 181 deaths · 172 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 105 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 157 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 5113.