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M5.3 earthquake 43 km S of Ka?, Turkey

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 43 km S of Ka?, Turkey on Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 6:23 PM GMT+2 (16:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 6:23 PM GMT+2
UTC: 2005-01-30 16:23:48 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 35.806° N, 29.630° E
Region: Turkey
Felt reports: 2
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
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.3	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt in the Kas area, Turkey.

From the USGS event page for usp000df83. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 219°, dip 40°, rake -17°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 322°, dip 79°, rake -129°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 26°
Stations used: 361

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000df83 (also filed as us2005txau, gcmtc200501301623a, gcmt20050130162348, iscgem7467349). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC.