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M7.8 earthquake, Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence, 2023-02-06

MagnitudeM7.8mww
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Depth10 km
Time (UTC)2023-02-06 01:17
Rank in 20231 / 147among M6+
Rank since 1900218 / 14,458
Energy vs an M6×501approx.

Pazarcik earthquake, Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence · 37.23, 37.01

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M5.7 2023-02-062023-02-06 01:2610 km24 km ENE of Nurda??, Turkey
M6.7 2023-02-062023-02-06 01:2810 km14 km E of Nurda??, Turkey
M5.6 2023-02-062023-02-06 01:3610 kmTurkey-Syria border region
M7.5 2023-02-062023-02-06 10:247 kmElbistan earthquake, Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence
M5.5 2023-02-072023-02-07 03:1310 km8 km ESE of Gölba??, Turkey

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M6.7 2020-01-242020-01-24 17:5510 km13 km N of Do?anyol, Turkey
M6.3 1998-06-271998-06-27 13:5533 km12 km S of Adana, Turkey
M6.1 1986-05-051986-05-05 03:3510 km11 km SSW of Do?an?ehir, Turkey
M6.1 1945-03-201945-03-20 07:5815 km18 km E of ?mamo?lu, Turkey
M6.4 1918-09-291918-09-29 12:0715 km43 km WNW of ?ar??s, Syria
M6.8 1905-12-041905-12-04 07:0510 km13 km NNE of Sincik, 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.