At 01:08:15 (UTC) on November 23, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in Western Turkey. For more information, see the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program event page.
Geophysical Events
Geophysical Event
M 6.1 Western Turkey
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- Magnitude
- M 6.1
- Location
- 15 km W of Düzce, Turkey
- Depth
- 10 km
- Coordinates
- 40.836, 30.983
Shakemap
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Borehole Station Map
GeoGONAF borehole stations that measured this event.
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Event Plot
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Surface-Wave Radiation Patterns
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EQ Energy
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Moment Tensor
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Seismic Data Access
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Technical
The event was recorded by borehole instruments in the NSF-supported GeoGONAF network, a collaboration of EarthScope, AFAD, and GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, which was designed to monitor and study the North Anatolian Fault.
These data are provided by the Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE) Facility, operated by EarthScope Consortium with support from the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under NSF Cooperative Agreement EAR-1724794. To acknowledge use of these data please follow the acknowledgment guidelines.