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M5.8 earthquake 26 km WNW of Mut, Turkey
Tuesday, August 29, 1922, 03:36:02 UTC · 36.757°N, 33.179°E
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 26 km WNW of Mut, Turkey on Tuesday, August 29, 1922, 03:36:02 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.0 on September 26, 1921.
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- 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
7 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/2 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 14 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
240 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 9 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 · 289 km W of this epicenter
- 6.443 km WNW of Ţarţūs, SyriaSeptember 29, 1918 · 278 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.015 km S of Kulu, TurkeySeptember 26, 1921 · 245 km N of this epicenter
- 6.016 km NNW of Senirkent, TurkeyJanuary 16, 1918 · 290 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.922 km NNE of Yunak, TurkeyOctober 29, 1909 · 278 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.78 km S of Kozan, TurkeyMay 27, 1919 · 243 km E of this epicenter
- 5.511 km ESE of Işıklar, TurkeyJanuary 16, 1918 · 291 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.50 km ENE of Mórfou, CyprusApril 20, 1921 · 174 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 8 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 27,800 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1822
Antakya; Syria: Halab,Dimashq (Damascus);
13 Aug 1822 · 266 km away · intensity XI
20,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1914M7.0
Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta
3 Oct 1914 · 283 km away · intensity IX
4,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1872M7.3
Antakya (Antioch), Suedije
3 Apr 1872 · 277 km away · intensity X
1,800 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1796
Al-Ladhiqiyah (Latakia)
26 Feb 1796 · 293 km away · intensity IX
1,500 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1835
Turkey
23 Aug 1835 · 282 km away · intensity X
300 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1735
Nicosia
10 Apr 1735 · 174 km away · intensity IX
200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.