M4.0 earthquake 28 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 28 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey on Tue, Apr 22, 1975, 8:03 AM GMT+3 (05:03 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km S of Enez, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-04-22 05:03:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.408° N, 26.113° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.330 km S of Enez, Turkey · 18788 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.315 km SE of Samothráki, Greece · 18784 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.924 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 18773 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 18760 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 5.320 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 18813 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.625 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 18814 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.313 km E of Enez, Turkey · 18814 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.619 km NW of Biga, Turkey · 18814 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.826 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 18814 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.828 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey · 18815 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 6.731 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 18815 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ar7. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC.