M5.1 earthquake 9 km NNW of Lice, Turkey
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Lice, Turkey on Sat, Sep 6, 1975, 1:13 PM GMT+3 (10:13 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 17 km ESE 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
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-09-06 10:13:08 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.539° N, 40.589° 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
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.217 km ESE of Lice, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.97 km SW of Lice, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.56 km SSW of Kocaköy, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2eastern Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Genç, Turkey · 18644 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.49 km NW of Bingöl, Turkey · 18643 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.625 km WSW of Karl?ova, Turkey · 18639 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.42 km ENE of Lice, Turkey · 18634 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2eastern Turkey · 18634 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.611 km W of Lice, Turkey · 18633 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.23 km SSW of Solhan, Turkey · 18631 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.520 km ESE of Genç, Turkey · 18630 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.411 km ENE of Kocaköy, Turkey · 18629 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.616 km NW of Lice, Turkey · 18626 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.710 km NE of Lice, Turkey · 18617 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.52 km NNW of Genç, Turkey · 18614 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.322 km NW of Kulp, Turkey · 18608 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000cqg (also filed as iscgem723684). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.