M6.0 earthquake 15 km NE of Prishibinskoye, Azerbaijan

Tuesday, February 19, 1924, 06:59:56 UTC · 39.205°N, 48.741°E

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Prishibinskoye, Azerbaijan on Tuesday, February 19, 1924, 06:59:56 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). No earthquake of this size or larger appears within 300 km in the USGS catalog since 1900.

Magnitude: 6.0; Strong · mw
Depth: 35 km; Shallow
Felt reports: 0; Did You Feel It?
Est. shaking: —; No ShakeMap
PAGER alert: None; Not issued
Tsunami: No flag; USGS feed

Outlined circle: this earthquake

In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

16 kilotons of TNT

That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 33 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

469 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and Arabian plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.

Depth: shallow

35 km

Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.

Did You Feel It?

Where it was felt

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USGS PAGER estimate

Who was exposed to shaking

USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 100 km

USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 2 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 19 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 182,518 recorded deaths. The most severe:

1727
Tabriz
18 Nov 1727 · 251 km away · intensity VIII
77,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
1780M7.7
Tabriz
8 Jan 1780 · 258 km away · intensity IX
50,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
1721M7.7
Tabriz
26 Apr 1721 · 229 km away
40,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
1779M6.5
Tabriz
27 Dec 1779 · 222 km away · intensity VII
10,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
1902M6.9
Semacha; N Iran
13 Feb 1902 · 167 km away · intensity IX
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
1879M6.7
Bozqush, Ardabil, Gamrud, Tark, Manan
22 Mar 1879 · 173 km away · intensity IX
2,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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