M4.2 earthquake 14 km NW of Foça, Turkey
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Foça, Turkey on Thu, Jun 14, 1979, 4:00 PM GMT+3 (13:00 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 13 km NW of Foça, 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
- 1979-06-14 13:00:59 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.774° N, 26.650° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.320 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 17268 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.220 km WNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 17268 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.912 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 17268 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.015 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 17268 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.113 km NW of Foça, Turkey · 17266 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.512 km WNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 17266 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.512 km NE of Karaburun, Turkey · 17265 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.320 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 17265 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.611 km NE of Karaburun, Turkey · 17265 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.122 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 17264 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.410 km NNE of Karaburun, Turkey · 17263 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.413 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 17262 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.615 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 17256 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.716 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 17247 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Karaburun, Turkey · 17242 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.18 km ESE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 17229 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.316 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 17225 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 3.319 km WNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 17268 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.819 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 17268 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.021 km N of Psará, Greece · 17271 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.126 km N of Psará, Greece · 17278 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.320 km N of Psará, Greece · 17294 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001193. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.