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M5.3 earthquake 10 km SE of Sárti, Greece
Thursday, November 9, 1905, 19:06:08 UTC · 40.037°N, 24.078°E
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Sárti, Greece on Thursday, November 9, 1905, 19:06:08 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M7.2 on November 8, 1905.
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- 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
1 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/12 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 3 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
10 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea 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.
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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 7 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.2Aegean SeaNovember 8, 1905 · 47 km E of this epicenter
- 7.07 km SE of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 204 km N of this epicenter
- 6.86 km W of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 213 km N of this epicenter
- 6.56 km N of Tríkeri, GreeceJanuary 20, 1905 · 130 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.115 km NE of Bobov Dol, BulgariaOctober 8, 1905 · 281 km N of this epicenter
- 5.84 km NE of Makedonski Brod, North MacedoniaApril 30, 1905 · 290 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.415 km NW of Bogomila, North MacedoniaApril 3, 1905 · 294 km NW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 50 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 24,158 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1883M7.3
Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme
15 Oct 1883 · 266 km away · intensity X
15,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1881M7.3
Khios; Turkey: Cesme
3 Apr 1881 · 273 km away · intensity XI
7,866 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1867M7.0
Mitilini; Turkey: Izmir
7 Mar 1867 · 220 km away
563 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1894M6.7
Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris)
20 Apr 1894 · 177 km away · intensity X
255 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1817M6.6
Achaia: Aeghion
23 Aug 1817 · 254 km away · intensity X
128 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1870M7.5
Greece
30 Sep 1870 · 218 km away
100 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.