M 5.4 earthquake – 16 km NE of Aliağa, Turkey
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Local time: Jul 30, 1949 · 20:47 (UTC+3)
ModerateShallow · 35 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.4moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 38.898, 27.10616 km from Aliağa
- Energy released
- 1.9 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 452USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jul 23, 1949.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 1.9 kilotons of TNT, 4 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.7 19 km SSE of Amorgós, Greece Jul 9, 1956
- 7.3 7 km N of Gönen, Turkey Mar 18, 1953
- 7.2 Aegean Sea Nov 8, 1905
- 7.2 22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey Mar 28, 1970
- 7.2 25 km SE of Malkara, Turkey Aug 9, 1912
- 7.2 61 km W of Eresós, Greece Dec 19, 1981
- 7.2 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey Jul 23, 1949
- 7.1 15 km WSW of Burdur, Turkey Oct 3, 1914