December 15, 2000 Earthquake: Afyon-Bolvadin, Turkey

Date

December 15, 2000

Time

16:44:47 UTC

Place

Afyon-Bolvadin, Turkey

Magnitude

6 (Mw)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.457° N, 31.351° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

6

Injuries

41

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses damaged

Some (about 51 to 100) with its tsunami and other effects

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.

• October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, TurkeyM7 · 4,000 deaths · 17,000 houses destroyed · 118 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 108 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 170 km
• 1863, Suhut, Turkey800 deaths · 70 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 83 km
• October 1, 1995, Dinar, Evciler, TurkeyM6.4 · 95 deaths · $205.8 million · 5,100 houses destroyed · 115 km
• May 12, 1971, Burdur, TurkeyM5.9 · 56 deaths · 166 km
• February 3, 2002, Afyon, TurkeyM6.5 · 44 deaths · 15 km
• June 25, 1944, Usak, TurkeyM6 · 21 deaths · 185 km
• February 21, 1946, Iigin, Konya, TurkeyM5.6 · 12 deaths · 48 km
• February 20, 1956, Eskisehir, TurkeyM5.8 · 4 deaths · 187 km
• August 7, 1925, Dinar, TurkeyM5.9 · 3 deaths · 2,043 houses destroyed · 90 km
• May 13, 1876, Turkey83 km
• May 3, 181, Karahuyuk (Thurm), Turkey154 km
• August 8, 2019, Denizli, TurkeyM5.8 · 155 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 5586.