M5.4 earthquake 8 km ESE of Buldan, Turkey
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Buldan, Turkey on Sat, Jul 26, 2003, 11:36 AM GMT+3 (08:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-26 08:36:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.019° N, 28.927° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.41 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.4 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5710), matched to this event by time and place.
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 1
- Houses damaged
- 1; Few (about 1 to 50) with its tsunami and other effects
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
At least 10 people injured, one house destroyed and dozens of buildings damaged at Buldan. Felt as far away as Izmir.
From the USGS event page for usp000c3da. 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
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 19.6% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.6 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 60°, dip 57°, rake -147°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 310°, dip 63°, rake -37°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 20°
- Stations used
- 463
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.611 km NE of Buldan, Turkey · 8468 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.817 km WSW of Güllü, Turkey · 8468 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.716 km NNE of Buldan, Turkey · 8467 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.715 km SSE of Kula, Turkey · 8466 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.73 km S of E?me, Turkey · 8465 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.017 km WSW of Güllü, Turkey · 8451 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c3da (also filed as gcmtb072603f, gcmt20030726083649, atlas20030726083653, iscgem7007273). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.