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M6.6 earthquake, Turkey, 1955-07-16

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth15 km

Time (UTC)1955-07-16 07:07

Rank in 195526 / 128among M6+

Rank since 19003899 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×7approx.

9 km NW of Sar?kemer, Turkey · 37.62, 27.28

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1956 M7.7M7.7

1948 M7.3M7.3

1957 M7.3M7.3

1953 M7.3M7.3

1970 M7.2M7.2

1981 M7.2M7.2

1949 M7.2M7.2

1957 M7.1M7.1

1914 M7.1M7.1

1919 M7.0M7.0

2020 M7.0M7.0

1926 M7.0M7.0

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.3 1953-03-18	1953-03-18 19:06	10 km	7 km N of Gönen, Turkey
M7.2 1949-07-23	1949-07-23 15:03	15 km	9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey
M7.3 1948-02-09	1948-02-09 12:58	15 km	15 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece
M6.7 1944-10-06	1944-10-06 02:34	15 km	15 km WSW of Alt?noluk, Turkey
M6.1 1944-06-25	1944-06-25 04:16	10 km	17 km SW of ?hsaniye, Turkey
M6.2 1942-11-15	1942-11-15 17:01	15 km	31 km NNW of Simav, Turkey
M6.0 1941-05-23	1941-05-23 19:51	15 km	12 km NNE of Marmaris, Turkey
M6.5 1939-09-22	1939-09-22 00:36	35 km	9 km NNW of Bergama, Turkey
M6.2 1935-02-25	1935-02-25 02:51	70 km	66 km SSW of Folégandros, Greece
M6.4 1933-04-23	1933-04-23 05:57	15 km	14 km E of Kardámaina, Greece

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.