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Natural Disasters in Republic of Turkey

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Significant natural disasters recorded within Republic of Turkey, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1668 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 8.1)
  2. 2.1046 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.9)
  3. 3.2023 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Kahramanmaras, Syria (Mw 7.8)· 56,697 deaths
  4. 4.1939 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Erzincan (Mw 7.8)· 32,700 deaths
  5. 5.1863 CEEarthquake — Greece, Rhodes, Kos (Mw 7.8)· 300 deaths
  6. 6.2023 CEEarthquake — Pazarcik earthquake, Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence (Mww 7.8)
  7. 7.1939 CEEarthquake — 20 km NNE of Erzincan, Turkey (Mw 7.8)
  8. 8.1509 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Istanbul (Ms 7.7)· 5,000 deaths
  9. 9.1999 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya (Mw 7.6)· 17,118 deaths
  10. 10.1944 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.6)· 2,381 deaths
  11. 11.1999 CEEarthquake — 4 km ESE of Derince, Turkey (Mwc 7.6)
  12. 12.1944 CEEarthquake — 10 km WNW of Orta, Turkey (Mw 7.6)
  13. 13.1939 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.6)
  14. 14.1343 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.6)
  15. 15.1045 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.52)
  16. 16.115 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Antakya (Antioch) (Ms 7.5)· 260,000 deaths
  17. 17.1482 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Erzincan, Erzurum (M 7.5)· 30,000 deaths
  18. 18.1943 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Ladik, Samsun, Havza (Mw 7.5)· 4,020 deaths
  19. 19.1653 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Izmir, Alasehir, Denizli, Aydin (M 7.5)· 2,500 deaths
  20. 20.1869 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Gulf Of Keramos, Mentese (Ms 7.5)· 3 deaths
  21. 21.2023 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Syria (Mw 7.5)
  22. 22.2023 CEEarthquake — Elbistan earthquake, Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence (Mww 7.5)
  23. 23.1943 CEEarthquake — 6 km SSE of Ilgaz, Turkey (Mw 7.5)
  24. 24.1863 CEEarthquake — Greece (Mw 7.5)
  25. 25.1863 CEEarthquake — Rhodos (Mw 7.5)
  26. 26.1688 CEEarthquake — Greece, Aegean Sea (M 7.5)
  27. 27.1513 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.5)
  28. 28.1343 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Ms 7.5)
  29. 29.1354 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.46)
  30. 30.1063 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.46)
  31. 31.1719 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.43)
  32. 32.1999 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.4)
  33. 33.1408 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Antioch, Syria: Aleppo, Lebanon: Tripolis (Ms 7.4)
  34. 34.1156 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.4)
  35. 35.1737 CEEarthquake — Ezine (Mw 7.37)
  36. 36.1766 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.36)
  37. 37.1894 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.35)
  38. 38.1784 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.33)
  39. 39.1912 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.32)
  40. 40.1883 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme (Ms 7.3)· 15,000 deaths
  41. 41.1881 CEEarthquake — Greece, Khios, Turkey: Cesme (Ms 7.3)· 7,866 deaths
  42. 42.1872 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Antakya (Antioch), Suedije (Ms 7.3)· 1,800 deaths
  43. 43.1875 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka (Ms 7.3)· 1,300 deaths
  44. 44.1953 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Yenice, Onon (Mw 7.3)· 1,070 deaths
  45. 45.1967 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Mudurnu, Adapazari (Mw 7.3)· 86 deaths
  46. 46.1852 CEEarthquake — Turkey (M 7.3)· 17 deaths
  47. 47.1976 CEEarthquake — 47 km S of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey (Ms 7.3)
  48. 48.1953 CEEarthquake — 7 km N of Gönen, Turkey (Mw 7.3)
  49. 49.1930 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.3)
  50. 50.740 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Ms 7.3)
  51. 51.447 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Ms 7.3)
  52. 52.1967 CEEarthquake — 9 km E of Akyazı, Turkey (Mw 7.29)
  53. 53.1659 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.26)
  54. 54.1419 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.26)
  55. 55.1970 CEEarthquake — 22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey (Mw 7.23)
  56. 56.1912 CEEarthquake — 25 km SE of Malkara, Turkey (Mw 7.23)
  57. 57.1967 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.22)
  58. 58.1912 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Marmara Sea (Mw 7.2)· 2,800 deaths
  59. 59.1970 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Gediz (Mw 7.2)· 1,086 deaths
  60. 60.1999 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Bolu-Duzce-Kaynasli, Adapazari, Zonguldak (Mw 7.2)· 894 deaths

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