M 6.1 earthquake – Dead Sea region
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Local time: Jul 11, 1927 · 15:27 (UTC+2:23)
StrongShallow · 15 km
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- Magnitude
- 6.1moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 32.004, 35.6369.0 km from As Salţ
- Energy released
- 21 kilotons of TNTabout 1.4 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.1max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 578USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 21 kilotons of TNT, 45 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 Jordan.
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- 5.7 27 km SE of Za‘tarah, Palestinian Territory Dec 18, 1956
- 5.5 11 km WSW of Aanjar, Lebanon Mar 16, 1956
- 5.4 76 km S of Ayia Napa, Cyprus May 11, 2012
- 5.3 7 km SSE of Baabda, Lebanon Mar 16, 1956
- 5.3 23 km SSE of Jericho, Palestinian Territory Feb 11, 2004
- 5.3 1 km SSW of Rekhasim, Israel Aug 24, 1984
- 5.1 11 km ENE of Tyre, Lebanon Feb 15, 2008