M 7.2 earthquake – 8 km S of Düzce, Turkey
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Local time: Nov 12, 1999 · 18:57 (UTC+2)
MajorShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.2moment magnitude (mwc)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 40.758, 31.1619.0 km from Düzce
- Energy released
- 951 kilotons of TNTabout 63 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 9.0max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 16M2.5+ within 96 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 798USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 17, 1999.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 951 kilotons of TNT, 1,995 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
16 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 96 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.8 15 km SW of Düzce, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 5.5 7 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 4.6 6 km SW of Düzce, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 4.5 8 km WSW of Bolu, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 5.2 11 km W of Bolu, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 4.5 18 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 4.8 18 km SE of Düzce, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 4.5 10 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey Nov 12, 1999
- 4.8 12 km SW of Düzce, Turkey Nov 13, 1999
- 5.1 2 km S of Bolu, Turkey Nov 16, 1999
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Turkey.
- 7.6 4 km ESE of Derince, Turkey Aug 17, 1999
- 7.6 10 km WNW of Orta, Turkey Feb 1, 1944
- 7.5 6 km SSE of Ilgaz, Turkey Nov 26, 1943
- 7.3 9 km E of Akyazı, Turkey Jul 22, 1967
- 7.2 22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey Mar 28, 1970
- 7.1 13 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey May 26, 1957
- 7.0 14 km S of Eflani, Turkey Aug 13, 1951
- 6.8 12 km WNW of Karacabey, Turkey Oct 6, 1964
In the week before
Earthquakes within 96 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.