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Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - Eastern Mediterranean, 41 km east of Silifke, Mersin, Turkey, on Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:59 pm (GMT +3) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.8 quake 32 km west of Gaziantep, Turkey, Feb 6, 2023 3:17 am (GMT +2), which had occurred 6 weeks earlier.
Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - Eastern Mediterranean, 41 km east of Silifke, Mersin, Turkey, on Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:59 pm (GMT +3) Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - Eastern Mediterranean, 41 km east of Silifke, Mersin, Turkey, on Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:59 pm (GMT +3)

Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

16 Mar 20:04 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 5 minutes.
16 Mar 20:36: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.2. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 61.0 km (from 6.2 to 38 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 17 km (10.6 mi) towards SSW.
16 Mar 22:04: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.3. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 61.0 to 10.0 km (from 38 to 6.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 12 km (7.2 mi) towards ENE.
17 Mar 13:56: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & timeMar 16, 2023 19:59:14 UTC -
Local time at epicenterThursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:59 pm (GMT +3)
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude4.3
Depth10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude36.3108°N / 34.3864°E (Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey)
Antipode36.311°S / 145.614°W
Shaking intensityLight shaking
Felt67 reports
Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcanoKaradağ (165 km / 103 mi)
Nearby towns and cities28 km (17 mi) SE of Kızkalesi (pop: 1,740) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
33 km (21 mi) SSE of Erdemli (pop: 46,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
41 km (26 mi) E of Silifke (pop: 75,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
44 km (27 mi) S of Tomuk (Erdemli) (pop: 11,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
81 km (50 mi) SSW of Tarso (pop: 256,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
113 km (70 mi) SW of Adana (pop: 1,249,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
156 km (97 mi) NE of Nicosia (Cyprus) (pop: 200,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
423 km (263 mi) SSE of Ankara (pop: 3,517,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
193 km (120 mi) NE of Zypern Island (pop: 1,140,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
4.310 km27 Km SE of Kızkalesi, TurkeyUSGS
4.210 kmTurkey: 437 Km E From Megisti (Kastellorizo)NOA
4.67.6 kmTurkey: MEDITERRANEAN SEAKOERI-RETMC
4.610 km4.6 CENTRAL TURKEYEMSC
4.310 kmTurkeyGFZ
4.310 kmTurkey: Erdemli / TürkeiZAMG
4.310 kmTurkeyRaspberryShake

Seismograms

Seismic station: GEOFON Station Eilat, Israel (EIL/GE network) | Distance from quake: 740 km / 460 mi | Show on map | Station Info
Seismic station GEOFON Station Eilat, Israel: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)
Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool
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Mersin/Erdemli / Light shaking (MMI IV) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 2-5 s : I felt like i was gonna for real this time. I've been already in the Hatay 7.8 mag quake, and we thought Mersin was a safe place so we moved here. Now i really know that nowhere in Turkey is safe. | 2 users found this interesting.  
Mersin (53.4 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Shaking at 8th floor | 2 users found this interesting.  
MERSİN / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : We got Shakeed for some seconds and got panic. People ran out of the Houses on the Street. Some are still outside. | One user found this interesting.  
Тарсус / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging : Кровать начала чуть вибрировать,люстры еле заметно покачиваться | One user found this interesting.  
Mersin yenişehir (55.7 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 5-10 s : I heard a noise (crackle). I am confused about the earthquake magnitude 4.9? 4.6? or 4.3? and 3 different magnitude.  
Селифке очень лёгкое колеб? (41.3 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 1-2 s : Лежала на кровати и почувствовала что раскачивается слегка  
near Kocahasanlı, Mersin (18.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s : Hemen dişarıya kactik | One user found this interesting.  
Erdemli-Cesmeli / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : I was sitting at my table and saw the wall in front of me swinging light about 3 cm from left to right side and back for about 2/3 seconds  
ташуджу (43.1 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 2-5 s
Mersin, Tomuk (37.6 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single vertical bump / very short
Mersin, Tomuk (37.6 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single vertical bump / very short
29 km of Kocahasanlı, Mersin (8.7 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt
Mersin, Tomuk (37.6 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single vertical bump / very short
Kum mahallesi (41.5 km W of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Silifke, Mersin (44.2 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 5-10 s : Раскачало, люстры раскачивались  
Mersin (56.3 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 2-5 s : Light movements for about 5 secs (reported through our app)  
Silifke, Mersin (44.5 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s
Erdemli, Мерсин (37.1 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / vibration and rolling / 20-30 s
Adana (113.7 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Лёгкая тряска..  
Alanya (203.8 km W of epicenter) [Map] / not felt
Adana (110.5 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt
silifke (33.4 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s
near Mersin (49.7 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / very short (reported through our app)
Trikomo, Ammochostos (123.7 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump
Tomuk, Mersin (42.6 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s (reported through our app)
Taşucu (44.2 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Gazipasa, Antalya (187.3 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single vertical bump / 2-5 s
Mersin (55.7 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 1-2 s : Very slight shake of my bed,and was not repeared.  
Mahmutlar, Alanya, Анталья (205.5 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s
near Tomuk, Mersin (48.5 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Silifke, Mersin (45.1 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
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