March 4, 2024 Earthquake: Bursa, Turkey

Date

March 4, 2024

Time

18:38:56 UTC

Place

Bursa, Turkey

Magnitude

4.3 (Mw)

Focal depth

15 km (9 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.970° N, 27.446° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

1

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 · 177 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 181 km
• May 25, 1719, Turkey6,000 deaths · 189 km
• September 10, 1509, Istanbul, TurkeyM7.7 · 5,000 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 108 km
• May 22, 1766, TurkeyM6.5 · 4,000 deaths · 161 km
• August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 89 km
• February 28, 1855, Tayabas, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,200 deaths · 143 km
• September 2, 1754, Izmit, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,000 deaths · 175 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 176 km
• July 10, 1894, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,349 deaths · 127 km
• April 29, 1855, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,300 deaths · 143 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 29 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 124 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 123 km
• April 11, 1855, Bursa, Turkey400 deaths · 143 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 10804.