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M5.7 earthquake 8 km ESE of Gazipaşa, Turkey
Wednesday, September 10, 1924, 11:59:27 UTC · 36.234°N, 32.400°E
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Gazipaşa, Turkey on Wednesday, September 10, 1924, 11:59:27 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.1 on February 18, 1924.
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- Moderate · mw
- Depth
- 15 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
5 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/3 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 11 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
185 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Anatolian and African plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
15 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
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗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 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 7 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.115 km WSW of Burdur, TurkeyOctober 3, 1914 · 257 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.145 km SSE of Ayia Napa, CyprusFebruary 18, 1924 · 241 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.016 km NNW of Senirkent, TurkeyJanuary 16, 1918 · 281 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.826 km WNW of Mut, TurkeyAugust 29, 1922 · 91 km NE of this epicenter
- 5.511 km ESE of Işıklar, TurkeyJanuary 16, 1918 · 298 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.50 km ENE of Mórfou, CyprusApril 20, 1921 · 127 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.45 km ESE of Yeşilova, TurkeyOctober 4, 1914 · 269 km NW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 4 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 5,500 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1914M7.0
Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta
3 Oct 1914 · 259 km away · intensity IX
4,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1875M7.3
Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka
3 May 1875 · 285 km away · intensity X
1,300 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1735
Nicosia
10 Apr 1735 · 146 km away · intensity IX
200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1743
Turkey
14 Mar 1743 · 168 km away
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.