M 5.6 earthquake – 16 km E of Tekirdağ, Turkey
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Local time: Aug 10, 1912 · 20:30 (UTC+2)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.6moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 40.969, 27.70316 km from Tekirdağ
- Energy released
- 3.8 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
- 479USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 10, 1912.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 3.8 kilotons of TNT, 7.9 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
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Since 1900, around Turkey.
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