LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
26 km SE of Saimbeyli, Turkey
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. 1 other earthquake above our reporting threshold has been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 37.81°N
- Time
- 01:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.9
shallow
36.30°E longitude
21 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
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.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
1 earthquake above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 4.1.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
21 Sept 2026, 03:58 UTC · 73.1 km deep
21 Sept 2026, 01:57 UTC · 495 km deep
21 Sept 2026, 01:41 UTC · 10 km deep
20 Sept 2026, 23:25 UTC · 64.9 km deep