M5.3 earthquake 12 km E of Adapazar?, Turkey
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 12 km E of Adapazar?, Turkey on Sat, Jul 22, 1967, 8:09 PM GMT+2 (18:09 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 7 km NW of Akyazı, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mw, moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1967-07-22 18:09:54 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.796° N, 30.548° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.15 km S of Karapürçek, Turkey · 21621 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.77 km NW of Akyazı, Turkey · 21614 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem833584. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:16 AM UTC.