Magnitude6.1

Reviewed by USGSTurkey108y ago

M6.1 earthquake 25 km ESE of Safranbolu, Turkey

Monday, June 9, 1919, 07:13:52 UTC · 41.170°N, 32.979°E

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 25 km ESE of Safranbolu, Turkey on Monday, June 9, 1919, 07:13:52 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.5 on June 25, 1910.

Magnitude
6.1
Strong · 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 earthquakeDashed circle: 100 km aftershock search area

In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

23 kilotons of TNT

That is about 2 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 48 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

24 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Anatolian and Eurasian plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.

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

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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 lists 1 M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M5.9 on June 9, 1919. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.

M3M4M5M61h6h1d3d7d14d30dMainshock M6.1
Time after the mainshock on a logarithmic scale (first hours stretched), magnitude on the vertical axis. M2.5+ events from USGS.
  1. 5.917 km NNE of Tosya, Turkey108y ago · 94 km E of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 6 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 7 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 931 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1866M7.2

    Goynuk

    12 May 1866 · 203 km away · intensity IX

    675 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  2. 1844

    Osmancik, Ankara

    12 May 1844 · 154 km away · intensity IX

    200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  3. 1878M6.6

    Izmit, Esme, Labinia

    19 Apr 1878 · 280 km away · intensity IX

    40 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami

  4. 1881M6.1

    Turkey

    28 Sep 1881 · 82 km away

    12 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)

  5. 1902M5.5

    Cankiri

    9 Mar 1902 · 74 km away · intensity IX

    4 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  6. 1910M6.1

    Hacihamza,Osmancik,Iskilip

    25 Jun 1910 · 139 km away · intensity VII

    Severe damage ($5–24M)

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

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