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USGS iscgem891989

7 Sept 1953, 04:58

1 km N of Bayramören, Turkey

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 1 km N of Bayramören, Turkey?

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40.956000, 33.204000

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M 6.13

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M 6.01

15 km S of Kulu, Turkey

M 6

13 km WNW of Gümü?hac?köy, Turkey

M 6

12 km NW of Orta, Turkey

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem891989
Coordinates
40.956, 33.204
Network
iscgem
Significance
578