M4.2 earthquake 38 km E of Erci?, Turkey
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 38 km E of Erci?, Turkey on Sun, Dec 5, 1976, 9:14 PM GMT+2 (19:14 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 55 km NE of Özalp, 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
- 1976-12-05 19:14:53 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.016° N, 43.800° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.455 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18187 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.447 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18187 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.047 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18182 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.842 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18181 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.550 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18167 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.430 km SSW of Diyadin, Turkey · 18165 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.020 km NNE of Erci?, Turkey · 18160 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.929 km NE of Erci?, Turkey · 18160 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.021 km NE of Erci?, Turkey · 18145 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.830 km SSW of Diyadin, Turkey · 18189 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.045 km N of Özalp, Turkey · 18190 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.417 km ENE of Diyadin, Turkey · 18192 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.128 km N of Erci?, Turkey · 18192 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.637 km SSE of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18193 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.544 km SSE of Diyadin, Turkey · 18195 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.252 km WNW of Qarah ???’ od D?n, Iran · 18195 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.337 km E of Erci?, Turkey · 18196 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.446 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18197 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.141 km SSE of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18197 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.048 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18198 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.847 km N of Özalp, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.043 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.933 km ENE of Erci?, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.517 km NNE of Diyadin, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.827 km E of Erci?, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.537 km SSE of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.049 km SSW of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 7.347 km S of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000kn3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC.