Turkey earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 29 km NE of Erci?, Turkey

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 29 km NE of Erci?, Turkey on Sun, Jan 2, 1977, 9:37 PM GMT+2 (19:37 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 21 km NE of Erci?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1977-01-02 19:37:25 UTC
Depth
34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.239° N, 43.569° E
Region
Turkey
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.9mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.21Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.24

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
48

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.021 km NE of Erci?, Turkey · 18155 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.732 km N of Özalp, Turkey · 18136 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 5.020 km NNE of Erci?, Turkey · 18170 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.430 km SSW of Diyadin, Turkey · 18174 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 4.550 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18177 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.842 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18191 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.047 km NNE of Özalp, Turkey · 18192 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.447 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18197 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.455 km NE of Özalp, Turkey · 18197 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.238 km E of Erci?, Turkey · 18197 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.830 km SSW of Diyadin, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 4.045 km N of Özalp, Turkey · 18199 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000m1k (also filed as iscgem703054). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.