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M7.0 earthquake 18 km W of Doğanşar, Turkey
Monday, January 24, 1916, 06:55:13 UTC · 40.201°N, 37.312°E
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 18 km W of Doğanşar, Turkey on Monday, January 24, 1916, 06:55:13 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). No earthquake of this size or larger appears within 300 km in the USGS catalog since 1900.
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Major · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- VII
- Very strong (ShakeMap)
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquakeColoured lines: estimated shaking intensity (USGS ShakeMap)
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
477 kilotons of TNT
That is about 32 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 1,000 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
32 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
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 200 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 200 km in the 30 days after this event.
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:
- 6.813 km NNE of Sincik, TurkeyDecember 4, 1905 · 255 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.515 km ENE of İskilip, TurkeyJune 25, 1910 · 237 km W of this epicenter
- 6.326 km ENE of Koyulhisar, TurkeyFebruary 9, 1909 · 70 km E of this epicenter
- 5.89 km ENE of Akdağmadeni, TurkeyMay 28, 1914 · 126 km SW of this epicenter
- 5.716 km NNW of Ergani, TurkeyMay 19, 1915 · 285 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.65 km NW of Kelkit, TurkeyMay 20, 1905 · 177 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 12 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 5,900 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1784
Erzurum,Erzincan
23 Jul 1784 · 195 km away
5,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1893M6.7
Malatya
31 Mar 1893 · 228 km away · intensity IX
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1835
Turkey
23 Aug 1835 · 245 km away · intensity X
300 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1844
Osmancik, Ankara
12 May 1844 · 229 km away · intensity IX
200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1905M6.8
Puturge,Celikhan,Rumkale
4 Dec 1905 · 259 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1909M6.3
Zara,Ipsala,Koyulhisar,Enders
9 Feb 1909 · 70 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.