December 20, 2004 Earthquake: Marmaris, Turkey

Date

December 20, 2004

Time

23:02:12 UTC

Place

Marmaris, Turkey

Magnitude

5.4 (Mw)

Focal depth

5 km (3 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.042° N, 28.206° E

Country

Turkey

Injuries

3

Damage

Limited (under about $1 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 · 180 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 190 km
• October 1491, Kos, Greece5,000 deaths · 108 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 129 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 175 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 113 km
• April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, GreeceM7.8 · 300 deaths · 2,050 houses destroyed · 63 km
• April 23, 1933, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceM6.4 · 181 deaths · 87 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 137 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 157 km
• May 12, 1971, Burdur, TurkeyM5.9 · 56 deaths · 154 km
• March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, TurkeyM6.5 · 53 deaths · 174 km
• July 29, 1880, TurkeyM6.7 · 30 deaths · 199 km
• July 16, 1955, Samos, Soke, Aydin, Greece, TurkeyM6.6 · 23 deaths · 104 km
• April 25, 1957, Fethiye (Lycia, Asia Minor), TurkeyM7.3 · 18 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed · 83 km

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