M5.5 earthquake 10 km NNE of Honaz, Turkey
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 10 km NNE of Honaz, Turkey on Fri, Apr 21, 2000, 3:23 PM GMT+3 (12:23 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-04-21 12:23:10 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.842° N, 29.328° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.45 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.4 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Minor damage in the epicentral area. Felt strongly at Denizli. Felt in much of Denizli Province.
From the USGS event page for usp0009rnd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 5.2% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.6 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 110°, dip 23°, rake -139°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 342°, dip 75°, rake -72°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.95 km WNW of Honaz, Turkey · 9662 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1Western Turkey · 9657 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.98 km SSE of Pamukkale, Turkey · 9618 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009rnd (also filed as gcmtb042100d, gcmt20000421122310, atlas20000421122311, iscgem1734632). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.