Turkey earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 25 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 25 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey on Mon, Mar 17, 1975, 4:06 AM GMT+2 (02:06 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 31 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Mar 17, 1975, 4:06 AM GMT+2
UTC: 1975-03-17 02:06:38 UTC
Depth: 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 40.414° N, 26.018° E
Region: Turkey
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.13	Mw, moment	ISCGEMSUP	Final · ±0.2

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used: 42

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

4.124 km NE of Gökçeada, TurkeySun, Mar 16, 10:37 AM GMT+2 · 18827 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000a8y (also filed as iscgemsup731325). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC.