361 km W of Ankara, Turkey / pop: 3,517,000 / local time: 00:16:35.4 2023-02-08
28 km SSW of Istanbul, Turkey / pop: 14,804,000 / local time: 00:16:35.4 2023-02-08
For more information on computation, see the article Bossu et al., 2016:
Thumbnail Based Questionnaires for the Rapid and Efficient Collection of Macroseismic Data from Global Earthquakes, Rémy Bossu, Matthieu Landès, Fréderic Roussel, Robert Steed, Gilles Mazet-Roux, Stacey S. Martin, and Susan Hough. Seismological Research Letter. Oct 2016. doi: 10.1785/0220160120;
Furthermore, to avoid the association with wrong events, we filter testimonies in distance and in intensity depending on the magnitude of the seismic event.
References for tectonic plate boundaries:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
Maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area .
Regional instrumental seismicity
This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.
Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to origin time
Date
Long.
Lat.
Mag.
Death
Location
1509-09-14
28.8
41.0
7.4
13000
WESTERN TURKEY
1719-05-25
29.5
40.8
7.0
1000
WESTERN TURKEY
1855-02-28
29.1
40.2
7.3
1900
WESTERN TURKEY
1855-04-11
29.1
40.2
7.1
400
WESTERN TURKEY
1855-04-29
29.1
40.2
6.7
1300
WESTERN TURKEY
1878-04-19
29.0
40.8
6.7
40
WESTERN TURKEY
1894-07-10
28.7
40.6
6.7
many
WESTERN TURKEY
1912-08-09
27.2
40.8
7.4
2836
WESTERN TURKEY
1919-11-18
27.7
39.6
6.9
many
WESTERN TURKEY
1928-05-02
29.1
39.6
6.2
30
WESTERN TURKEY
1939-09-22
26.8
39.1
6.5
41
NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY
1943-06-20
30.5
40.6
6.3
285
WESTERN TURKEY
1944-10-06
26.5
39.4
6.8
50
NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY
1953-03-18
27.5
40.0
7.4
1103
WESTERN TURKEY
1967-07-22
30.7
40.7
6.8
173
WESTERN TURKEY
1970-03-28
29.5
39.2
7.1
1086
WESTERN TURKEY
1999-08-17
29.9
40.8
7.8
17118
WESTERN TURKEY
2000-07-07
29.3
40.9
4.2
1
WESTERN TURKEY
2011-05-19
29.1
39.1
4.6
2
WESTERN TURKEY
2019-09-26
28.2
40.9
5.7
1
WESTERN TURKEY
Source:
From 1500 to 1999: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718
Testimonies, photos
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Turkey (KAN)
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