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M5.2 earthquake 12 km SSW of Yeghegnavan, Armenia
Thursday, July 8, 1926, 14:59:21 UTC · 39.735°N, 44.579°E
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of Yeghegnavan, Armenia on Thursday, July 8, 1926, 14:59:21 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.8 on January 9, 1925.
- Magnitude
- 5.2
- 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
801 tons of TNT
That is about 1/19 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
246 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and Arabian 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 13 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.918 km ESE of Pasinler, TurkeySeptember 13, 1924 · 232 km W of this epicenter
- 6.3AzerbaijanFebruary 20, 1920 · 194 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.05 km NE of Ts’inandali, GeorgiaFebruary 20, 1920 · 259 km N of this epicenter
- 5.810 km SW of Asp’indza, GeorgiaJanuary 9, 1925 · 232 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.83 km W of Stepanavan, ArmeniaOctober 12, 1912 · 143 km N of this epicenter
- 5.814 km SSW of Akhmet’a, GeorgiaApril 20, 1913 · 247 km N of this epicenter
- 5.78 km N of Başkale, TurkeyApril 25, 1918 · 187 km S of this epicenter
- 5.711 km NW of Ahlat, TurkeyJanuary 27, 1913 · 214 km SW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 36 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 200,618 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1727
Tabriz
18 Nov 1727 · 244 km away · intensity VIII
77,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1780M7.7
Tabriz
8 Jan 1780 · 239 km away · intensity IX
50,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1721M7.7
Tabriz
26 Apr 1721 · 275 km away
40,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1859M6.1
Erzurum
2 Jun 1859 · 281 km away
15,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1779M6.5
Tabriz
27 Dec 1779 · 266 km away · intensity VII
10,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1903M6.3
Malazgirt
28 Apr 1903 · 192 km away · intensity X
3,560 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.