M4.0 earthquake 47 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 47 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey on Sat, Dec 11, 1976, 3:32 AM GMT+3:30 (00:02 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 42 km NNE 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-12-11 00:02:59 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.024° N, 44.259° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.842 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18181 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.550 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18167 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.430 km SSW of Diyadin, Turkey · 18165 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.020 km NNE of Erci?, Turkey · 18160 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.929 km NE of Erci?, Turkey · 18160 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.021 km NE of Erci?, Turkey · 18145 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.732 km N of Özalp, Turkey · 18127 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.447 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18187 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.455 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18187 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.238 km E of Erci?, Turkey · 18188 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.830 km SSW of Diyadin, Turkey · 18189 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.045 km N of Özalp, Turkey · 18190 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.417 km ENE of Diyadin, Turkey · 18192 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.128 km N of Erci?, Turkey · 18192 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.637 km SSE of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18193 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.544 km SSE of Diyadin, Turkey · 18195 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.252 km WNW of Qarah ???’ od D?n, Iran · 18195 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.337 km E of Erci?, Turkey · 18196 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.446 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18197 days ago · 69 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.141 km SSE of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18197 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.048 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18198 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.847 km N of Özalp, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.043 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.933 km ENE of Erci?, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.517 km NNE of Diyadin, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.827 km E of Erci?, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.537 km SSE of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000kq7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.