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Moderate mag. 3.9 earthquake - 24 km southeast of Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 2:14 am (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. 3.9 earthquake - 24 km southeast of Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 2:14 am (GMT +3)

Moderate magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 5 km depth

18 Mar 23:20 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 5 minutes.
18 Mar 23:24: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 5.0 km (from 6.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.4 km (2.1 mi) towards SE.
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19 Mar 21:16: Epicenter location corrected by 8.5 km (5.3 mi) towards NNW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 18, 2023 23:14:37 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 2:14 am (GMT +3)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.9
Depth	5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.05°N / 37.39°E (Kahramanmaraş, Turkey)
Antipode	38.05°S / 142.61°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	Koruhüyüğü (154 km / 96 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	11 km (7 mi) NNW of Nurhak (pop: 8,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) SE of Elbistan (pop: 80,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) NNE of Cagliyan Cerit (Çağlayancerit) (pop: 15,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 37 km (23 mi) NW of Gölbaşı (Adıyaman) (pop: 28,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) ESE of Afşin (pop: 39,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) NE of Kahramanmaraş (pop: 376,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 110 km (68 mi) N of Gaziantep (pop: 1,066,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 444 km (276 mi) ESE of Ankara (pop: 3,517,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	4.5 x 10¹⁰ joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.9	5 km	Turkey	RaspberryShake
3.8	5 km	Turkey: AGCASAR-NURHAK (KAHRAMANMARAS)	KOERI-RETMC
3.8	2 km	CENTRAL TURKEY	EMSC

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User reports for this quake (1)

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Gaziantep (102 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s

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