- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 10, 2011 CE
- Location:
- Turkey
- Magnitude:
- 4.9 Mw
- Depth:
- 5 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.99
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.89
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.09
Other earthquake records of 2011 CE
- Japan, Honshu · Mw 9.1 · 18,423 deaths
- Turkey, Ercis, Van · Mw 7.1 · 604 deaths
- New Zealand, Christchurch, Lyttelton · Mw 6.1 · 185 deaths
- India, Sikkim, Nepal, China, Bhutan · Mw 6.9 · 127 deaths
- Myanmar, Tachilek, Thailand · Mw 6.8 · 104 deaths
- Turkey, Van · Mw 5.7 · 40 deaths
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2011 Turkey earthquake (Mw 4.9) (2011 CE) happen?
- July 10, 2011 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.