M4.2 earthquake eastern Turkey
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in eastern Turkey on Sun, Sep 7, 1975, 1:42 AM GMT+3 (22:42 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 25 km WSW of Karl?ova, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-09-06 22:42:50 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.477° N, 40.499° 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.
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.515 km WSW of Genç, Turkey · 18643 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.49 km NW of Bingöl, Turkey · 18643 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.625 km WSW of Karl?ova, Turkey · 18638 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.42 km ENE of Lice, Turkey · 18634 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2eastern Turkey · 18633 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.611 km W of Lice, Turkey · 18633 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.23 km SSW of Solhan, Turkey · 18631 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.520 km ESE of Genç, Turkey · 18630 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.411 km ENE of Kocaköy, Turkey · 18628 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.616 km NW of Lice, Turkey · 18626 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.710 km NE of Lice, Turkey · 18617 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.52 km NNW of Genç, Turkey · 18613 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.322 km NW of Kulp, Turkey · 18607 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.56 km SSW of Kocaköy, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.97 km SW of Lice, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.217 km ESE of Lice, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.19 km NNW of Lice, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.77 km ENE of Lice, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000cqs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:14 AM UTC.