July 9, 253 Earthquake: Turkey

Date

July 9, 253

Place

Turkey

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.100° N, 27.200° E

Country

Turkey

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

• July 10, 1668, TurkeyM6.6 · 17,500 deaths · 78 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 82 km
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed · 124 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 125 km
• August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 181 km
• February 23, 1653, Izmir,alasehir,denizli,aydin, TurkeyM7.5 · 2,500 deaths · 132 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 78 km
• September 20, 1899, Sultanhisar,atca,nazilli,kuyucak,denizli, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,117 deaths · 7,126 houses destroyed · 193 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 126 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 70 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 81 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 113 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 139 km
• March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, TurkeyM6.5 · 53 deaths · 118 km
• September 21, 1939, TurkeyM6.5 · 41 deaths · 35 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 73.