M 5.3 Earthquake 15 km SSW of Hilvan, Turkey
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake was recorded by USGS near 15 km SSW of Hilvan. On the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program scale, M5.3 is classified "Moderate". Among the 1,834 earthquake reports Areazine has published, this M5.3 event ranks stronger than 80% of them (rank #270 by magnitude).
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- Magnitude
- M 5.3
- USGS class
- Moderate
- Location
- 15 km SSW of Hilvan
- Archive rank
- #270 of 1,834
- Source
- USGS
- Published
- September 24, 2026
Sits above 80% of the 1,834 earthquakes in the archive by magnitude; 269 ran stronger.
Record status: a point-in-time USGS detection. Aftershocks, revised magnitude, and felt-report data continue to update on USGS's own event page after publication.
What Happened
A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake occurred 15 km SSW of Hilvan, Turkey. The event took place at 1790235658138 Unix time (UTC) with a depth of 10 km.
Location Details
The earthquake was located at coordinates 37.4736 latitude, 38.8612 longitude. The 10 km depth classifies it as shallow (less than 20 km).
Impact Assessment
No felt reports, tsunami advisory, or alert level data were available in the source.
What You Should Know
This was a moderate earthquake. No tsunami was generated (tsunami flag: 0).
Source
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tx9u (USGS)
Original source: USGS Official Notice ↗
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