Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 5.0mww
21 km ESE of Feke, Turkey
- When
- Magnitude
- M 5.0 (mww)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1 hour ago
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was recorded 21 km ESE of Feke, Turkey at 11:43 UTC on 2026-10-04. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 480 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 5.0 about 480 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1,000× more
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.9 on 2026-09-21.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.7292, 36.1272. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | 19 km ESE of Feke, Turkey | 21 km ESE of Feke, Turkey | |
| longitude | 36.11 | 36.13 | |
| latitude | 37.74 | 37.73 | |
| magnitude | 5.2 | 5 | |
| reported intensity | 2.2 | 4.1 | |
| felt reports | 1 | 2 | |
| reported intensity | not reported | 2.2 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 1 |
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.