93 Earthquake: Hellespont, Turkey

Date

93

Place

Hellespont, Turkey

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.600° N, 26.700° E

Country

Turkey

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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.

• September 10, 1509, Istanbul, TurkeyM7.7 · 5,000 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 120 km
• May 22, 1766, TurkeyM6.5 · 4,000 deaths · 195 km
• August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 38 km
• July 10, 1894, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,349 deaths · 169 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 93 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 158 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 149 km
• September 21, 1939, TurkeyM6.5 · 41 deaths · 167 km
• 1577, Balikesir, Turkey40 deaths · 139 km
• June 18, 1953, Edirne, Turkey37 deaths · 95 km
• October 6, 1944, Ayvalik, TurkeyM6.7 · 30 deaths · 5,500 houses destroyed · 122 km
• October 25, 1889, Lesbos, GreeceM6.9 · 25 deaths · 167 km
• July 11, 1690, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey20 deaths · 120 km
• October 6, 1964, Manyas, Bursa, Balikesir, TurkeyM6.8 · 19 deaths · $5 million · 135 km
• November 8, 1905, Aegean Sea, GreeceM7.2 · 11 deaths · 185 km

Significant earthquakes of 93Years 1 to 99Recent earthquakes near here

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 61.