M4.2 earthquake 3 km WSW of Emet, Turkey
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Emet, Turkey on Sat, May 29, 1976, 6:45 AM GMT+3 (03:45 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 21 km NNW of Emet, 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
- 1976-05-29 03:45:29 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.335° N, 29.214° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.59 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18378 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.42 km WNW of Emet, Turkey · 18378 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.58 km NW of Emet, Turkey · 18377 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.921 km NNW of Emet, Turkey · 18376 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.912 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18373 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.518 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18367 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.33 km SSW of Emet, Turkey · 18365 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.39 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18365 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.75 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18362 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.98 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18357 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.717 km NW of Emet, Turkey · 18331 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.515 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18330 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 3.29 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18378 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.26 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18378 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.23 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18378 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.26 km WNW of Emet, Turkey · 18378 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.513 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18378 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.512 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18382 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.59 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18384 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.110 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18385 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.314 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18386 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.717 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18390 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.13 km NNE of Emet, Turkey · 18393 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.316 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18395 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.38 km SW of Emet, Turkey · 18396 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.521 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18396 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.120 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18397 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.415 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18397 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.116 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18398 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.010 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18398 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.813 km WSW of Emet, Turkey · 18398 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.813 km W of Emet, Turkey · 18398 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000gkz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.