December 24, 2005 Earthquake: Akhisar, Turkey

Date

December 24, 2005

Time

03:56:07 UTC

Place

Akhisar, Turkey

Magnitude

4.3 (mb)

Focal depth

14 km (9 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.804° N, 26.783° E

Country

Turkey

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 · 53 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 46 km
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed · 76 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 77 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 140 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 58 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 170 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 55 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 69 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 95 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 101 km
• March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, TurkeyM6.5 · 53 deaths · 142 km
• September 21, 1939, TurkeyM6.5 · 41 deaths · 33 km
• 1577, Balikesir, Turkey40 deaths · 143 km
• July 29, 1880, TurkeyM6.7 · 30 deaths · 36 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 7253.