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M7.6 earthquake, Turkey, 1999-08-17

MagnitudeM7.6mwc

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Depth17 km

Time (UTC)1999-08-17 00:01

Rank in 19992 / 135among M6+

Rank since 1900369 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×251approx.

4 km ESE of Derince, Turkey · 40.75, 29.86

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1944 M7.6M7.6

1999 M7.6M7.6

1953 M7.3M7.3

1967 M7.3M7.3

1970 M7.2M7.2

1912 M7.2M7.2

1999 M7.2M7.2

1957 M7.1M7.1

1919 M7.0M7.0

1951 M7.0M7.0

1969 M6.8M6.8

1964 M6.8M6.8

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.4 1995-10-01	1995-10-01 15:57	33 km	2 km W of Dinar, Turkey
M6.1 1983-07-05	1983-07-05 12:01	10 km	10 km N of Biga, Turkey
M6.1 1970-04-19	1970-04-19 13:29	11 km	22 km NW of Dumlupınar, Turkey
M7.2 1970-03-28	1970-03-28 21:02	22 km	22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey
M6.8 1969-03-28	1969-03-28 01:48	10 km	10 km WSW of Kula, Turkey
M6.1 1969-03-25	1969-03-25 13:21	13 km	13 km NNW of Demirci, Turkey
M6.3 1968-09-03	1968-09-03 08:19	20 km	14 km NNE of Amasra, Turkey
M7.3 1967-07-22	1967-07-22 16:56	14 km	9 km E of Akyazı, Turkey
M6.8 1964-10-06	1964-10-06 14:31	19 km	12 km WNW of Karacabey, Turkey
M6.1 1963-09-18	1963-09-18 16:58	30 km	4 km N of Koruköy, 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.