What the records say
- When
- 24 Apr 1957
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Where
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 36.31° N, 28.62° E
- Depth km
- 40
1957 Fethiye earthquakes
Earthquakes in Turkey
The first of the 1957 Fethiye earthquakes occurred on April 24, 1957, with the second and larger event about seven hours later on the following day. Both earthquakes had epicentres in the eastern Mediterranean between Rhodes and the coastal city of Fethiye in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey.
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