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Magnitude7.1

Reviewed by USGSTurkey113y ago

M7.1 earthquake 15 km WSW of Burdur, Turkey

Saturday, October 3, 1914, 22:07:06 UTC · 37.666°N, 30.125°E

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Burdur, Turkey on Saturday, October 3, 1914, 22:07:06 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
7.1
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 earthquakeDashed circle: 200 km aftershock search areaColoured lines: estimated shaking intensity (USGS ShakeMap)

In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

587 kilotons of TNT

That is about 39 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 1,230 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

163 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea and Anatolian 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

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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 200 km

USGS lists 2 M2.5+ earthquakes within 200 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M5.5 on October 11, 1914. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.

M3M4M5M6M71h6h1d3d7d14d30dMainshock M7.1
Time after the mainshock on a logarithmic scale (first hours stretched), magnitude on the vertical axis. M2.5+ events from USGS.
  1. 5.510 km SE of İscehisar, Turkey113y ago · 139 km NE of this epicenter
  2. 5.45 km ESE of Yeşilova, Turkey113y ago · 34 km SW of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 3 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 6.14 km SE of Megálo Chorió, GreeceAugust 11, 1904 · 276 km W of this epicenter
  2. 5.922 km NNE of Yunak, TurkeyOctober 29, 1909 · 209 km NE of this epicenter
  3. 5.67 km N of Datça, TurkeyApril 30, 1911 · 237 km SW of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 30 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 12,254 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1914M7.0

    Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta

    3 Oct 1914 · 21 km away · intensity IX

    4,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)

  2. 1855M6.7

    Tayabas, Bursa

    28 Feb 1855 · 295 km away · intensity X

    2,200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  3. 1875M7.3

    Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka

    3 May 1875 · 49 km away · intensity X

    1,300 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)

  4. 1855M6.7

    Bursa

    29 Apr 1855 · 295 km away

    1,300 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  5. 1899M6.7

    Sultanhisar,Atca,Nazilli,Kuyucak,Denizli

    20 Sep 1899 · 117 km away · intensity IX

    1,117 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  6. 1863

    Suhut

    1863 · 103 km away · intensity X

    800 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

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

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