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M5.4 earthquake 5 km ESE of Yeşilova, Turkey
Sunday, October 4, 1914, 15:49:39 UTC · 37.484°N, 29.813°E
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Yeşilova, Turkey on Sunday, October 4, 1914, 15:49:39 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M7.1 on October 3, 1914.
- Magnitude
- 5.4
- 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
2 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/8 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 4 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
136 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
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 4 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 24 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 8,362 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1914M7.0
Burdur, Kilinc, Keciborlu, Isparta
3 Oct 1914 · 55 km away · intensity IX
4,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1875M7.3
Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka
3 May 1875 · 76 km away · intensity X
1,300 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1899M6.7
Sultanhisar,Atca,Nazilli,Kuyucak,Denizli
20 Sep 1899 · 99 km away · intensity IX
1,117 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1863
Suhut
1863 · 133 km away · intensity X
800 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1862M6.1
Turkey
16 Oct 1862 · 158 km away
800 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1863M7.8
Rhodes, Kos
22 Apr 1863 · 195 km away · intensity XI
300 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.