M4.5 earthquake 2 km NNW of Genç, Turkey
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Genç, Turkey on Tue, Oct 7, 1975, 7:59 AM GMT+3 (04:59 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 17 km NNE of Lice, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-10-07 04:59:57 UTC
- Depth
- 48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.770° N, 40.541° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.322 km NW of Kulp, Turkey · 18607 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.015 km NW of Lice, Turkey · 18581 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.717 km NNE of Lice, Turkey · 18575 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.410 km N of Lice, Turkey · 18574 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.818 km SSE of E?il, Turkey · 18560 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.710 km NE of Lice, Turkey · 18617 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.616 km NW of Lice, Turkey · 18626 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.411 km ENE of Kocaköy, Turkey · 18628 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.520 km ESE of Genç, Turkey · 18630 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.23 km SSW of Solhan, Turkey · 18631 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.611 km W of Lice, Turkey · 18633 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2eastern Turkey · 18633 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.42 km ENE of Lice, Turkey · 18634 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.625 km WSW of Karl?ova, Turkey · 18638 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.49 km NW of Bingöl, Turkey · 18643 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Genç, Turkey · 18643 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000d2s. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:14 AM UTC.