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4.9MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

26 km SE of Saimbeyli, Turkey

USGS

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 26 km SE of Saimbeyli, Turkey on 21 Sept 2026, 01:02 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. The figures have been revised 1 time since the first report.

Depth
10 km

shallow

Latitude
37.81°N

36.30°E longitude

Time
01:02 UTC

21 Sept 2026

Magnitude
M4.9

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EPICENTRE

View the official report↗

MAGNITUDE 4.9

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 710 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 338 tonnes of TNT.

10 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

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