M 5.1 earthquake – 19 km N of Gediz, Turkey
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Local time: Mar 29, 1970 · 21:11 (UTC+2)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.1moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 39.165, 29.41019 km from Gediz
- Energy released
- 674 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 8M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 405USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 29, 1970.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 674 tons of TNT, 1.4 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
8 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 5.5 4 km SE of Emet, Turkey Mar 30, 1970
- 5.1 7 km WSW of Emet, Turkey Mar 30, 1970
- 5.4 22 km WSW of Aslanapa, Turkey Mar 30, 1970
- 5.1 4 km ENE of Emet, Turkey Apr 1, 1970
- 5.5 1 km NNE of Emet, Turkey Apr 7, 1970
- 5.1 16 km N of Gediz, Turkey Apr 9, 1970
- 5.1 10 km SSE of Emet, Turkey Apr 30, 1970
- 5.3 6 km SE of Emet, Turkey Apr 30, 1970
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.6 4 km ESE of Derince, Turkey Aug 17, 1999
- 7.3 7 km N of Gönen, Turkey Mar 18, 1953
- 7.3 9 km E of Akyazı, Turkey Jul 22, 1967
- 7.2 22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey Mar 28, 1970
- 7.2 25 km SE of Malkara, Turkey Aug 9, 1912
- 7.2 8 km S of Düzce, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 7.2 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey Jul 23, 1949
- 7.1 13 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey May 26, 1957
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.