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Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - 13 km northeast of Kırıkhan, Hatay, Turkey, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 5:29 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.

Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - 13 km northeast of Kırıkhan, Hatay, Turkey, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 5:29 am (GMT +3)

Weak magnitude 2.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

19 Mar 02:38 UTC: First to report: KOERI-RETMC after 8 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 19, 2023 02:29:55 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 5:29 am (GMT +3)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	36.561°N / 36.4855°E (Hatay, Turkey)
Antipode	36.561°S / 143.515°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	KOERI-RETMC (Kandilli Oservatory and Earthquake Research Institute in Istanbul)
Nearest volcano	Koruhüyüğü (30 km / 19 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	10 km (6 mi) ESE of Karaelma (pop: 182) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) ENE of Kırıkhan (pop: 60,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) ENE of Belen (Provincia de Hatay) (pop: 20,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) E of Iskenderun (pop: 160,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 33 km (21 mi) NNW of Reyhanlı (pop: 57,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) SE of Dörtyol (pop: 56,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 49 km (31 mi) NE of Antioch (pop: 210,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 490 km (304 mi) SE of Ankara (pop: 3,517,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 10.9°C (52 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10⁸ joules (139 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.12 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
2.6	10 km	Turkey: GULTEPE-KIRIKHAN (HATAY)	KOERI-RETMC
2.6	10 km	Turkey: Jordan/Syria Region	RaspberryShake
2.6	10 km	TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION	EMSC

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User reports for this quake

At magnitude 2.6, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

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