M4.7 earthquake 11 km SSW of Foça, Turkey
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Foça, Turkey on Fri, Nov 12, 1976, 11:55 AM GMT+2 (09:55 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-11-12 09:55:33 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.574° N, 26.711° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.57 km SSW of Foça, Turkey · 18214 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.710 km SE of Foça, Turkey · 18210 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.210 km NE of Urla, Turkey · 18206 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.113 km S of Foça, Turkey · 18194 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000k9x (also filed as iscgemsup705842). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.