M 5.3 earthquake – 26 km E of Narman, Turkey
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Local time: Oct 30, 1983 · 15:40 (UTC+3)
ModerateShallow · 17 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.3body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 17 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 40.337, 42.17127 km from Oltu
- Energy released
- 1.3 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 3M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 432USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 30, 1983.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 1.3 kilotons of TNT, 2.8 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
3 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.8 20 km NNE of Erzincan, Turkey Dec 26, 1939
- 7.3 31 km WNW of Seyah Cheshmeh, Iran Nov 24, 1976
- 7.1 27 km NNE of Van, Turkey Oct 23, 2011
- 7.0 22 km WNW of Java, Georgia Apr 29, 1991
- 6.9 18 km ESE of Pasinler, Turkey Sep 13, 1924
- 6.8 10 km N of Gogaran, Armenia Dec 7, 1988
- 6.8 27 km E of Narman, Turkey Oct 30, 1983
- 6.8 14 km NE of Varto, Turkey Aug 19, 1966
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.