July 26, 2003 Earthquake: Buldan, Western, Turkey

Date

July 26, 2003

Time

08:36:49 UTC

Place

Buldan, Western, Turkey

Magnitude

5.4 (Mw)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.019° N, 28.927° E

Country

Turkey

Injuries

10

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

1

Houses damaged

1; Few (about 1 to 50) 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.

• July 10, 1668, TurkeyM6.6 · 17,500 deaths · 165 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 182 km
• October 3, 1914, Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta, TurkeyM7 · 4,000 deaths · 17,000 houses destroyed · 120 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 67 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 157 km
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 112 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 12 km
• March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed · 132 km
• 1863, Suhut, Turkey800 deaths · 153 km
• October 16, 1862, TurkeyM6.1 · 800 deaths · 162 km
• April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, GreeceM7.8 · 300 deaths · 2,050 houses destroyed · 188 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 134 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 188 km
• October 1, 1995, Dinar, Evciler, TurkeyM6.4 · 95 deaths · $205.8 million · 5,100 houses destroyed · 106 km
• May 12, 1971, Burdur, TurkeyM5.9 · 56 deaths · 90 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 5710.