M 7.2 earthquake – 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey
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Local time: Jul 23, 1949 · 18:03 (UTC+3)
MajorShallow · 15 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.2moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 38.718, 26.48025 km from Foça
- Energy released
- 951 kilotons of TNTabout 63 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.7max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 96 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 789USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1912
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Aug 9, 1912.
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
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 96 km in the 60 days after.
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
- 7.0 13 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 7.0 3 km ESE of Soma, Turkey Nov 18, 1919