A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit Turkey at 07:46 UTC (10:46 LT) on October 16, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
- Today’s M6.0 quake occurred in a region where the February 6, 2023, earthquake sequence devastated Turkey and Syria, causing over 44 000 fatalities and severely damaging more than 160 000 buildings. The earlier sequence included magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes, leading to a 300 km (186 miles) surface rupture and widespread destruction across urban and rural areas.
- The epicenter was located 18.2 km (11.3 miles) W of Doğanyol (population 6 332), 28.9 km (18 miles) S of Baskil (population 15 922), 44.7 km (27.8 miles) E of Malatya (population 441 805), 50.7 km (31.5 miles) E of Yeşilyurt (population 13 766), 53.4 km (33.2 miles) SW of Elazığ (population 443 363), Turkey.
- The map below shows all earthquakes registered in Turkey by the EMSC over the past 30 days — over 700 earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 1 to 6:
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