Najdestruktivniji je bio potres u Marmari 17. augusta 1999, jačine 7,4 na Richterovoj skali, u kom je poginulo skoro 17.000 ljudi, a približno 600.000 ih je ostalo bez doma.
The most destructive was the August 17th 1999 Marmara quake, measuring 7.4 on the Richter Scale, which killed nearly 17,000 people and left approximately 600,000 homeless.