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M7.6 earthquake, Turkey, 1944-02-01

MagnitudeM7.6mw

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Depth30 km

Time (UTC)1944-02-01 03:22

Rank in 19442 / 83among M6+

Rank since 1900334 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×251approx.

10 km WNW of Orta, Turkey · 40.66, 33.00

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1999 M7.6M7.6

1944 M7.6M7.6

1943 M7.5M7.5

1967 M7.3M7.3

1999 M7.2M7.2

1957 M7.1M7.1

1951 M7.0M7.0

1938 M6.6M6.6

1910 M6.5M6.5

2002 M6.5M6.5

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.5 1943-11-26	1943-11-26 22:20	20 km	6 km SSE of Ilgaz, Turkey
M6.4 1943-06-20	1943-06-20 15:32	15 km	11 km NNE of Tarakl?, Turkey
M6.0 1942-12-11	1942-12-11 02:39	15 km	13 km WNW of Gümü?hac?köy, Turkey
M6.2 1940-07-30	1940-07-30 00:12	15 km	15 km N of Saraykent, Turkey
M6.6 1938-04-19	1938-04-19 10:59	10 km	26 km NE of Kaman, Turkey
M6.0 1921-09-26	1921-09-26 09:26	15 km	15 km S of Kulu, Turkey
M6.1 1919-06-09	1919-06-09 07:13	15 km	25 km ESE of Safranbolu, Turkey
M6.5 1910-06-25	1910-06-25 19:20	15 km	15 km ENE of İskilip, Turkey

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.