M 7.3 earthquake – 34 km S of Sarigerme, Turkey
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Local time: Apr 25, 1957 · 04:25 (UTC+2)
MajorShallow · 35 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.3moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 36.405, 28.69935 km from Sarigerme
- Energy released
- 1.3 megatons of TNTabout 90 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.6max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 110 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 820USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jul 9, 1956.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 1.3 megatons of TNT, 2,818 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 110 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 15 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece Feb 9, 1948
- 7.1 27 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey Apr 24, 1957
- 7.1 15 km WSW of Burdur, Turkey Oct 3, 1914
- 7.0 13 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece Oct 30, 2020
- 7.0 5 km NNW of Kéfalos, Greece Jun 26, 1926
- 6.8 10 km WSW of Kula, Turkey Mar 28, 1969
- 6.8 70 km WSW of Beykonak, Turkey Mar 18, 1926
In the week before
Earthquakes within 110 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.