M4.5 earthquake 30 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 30 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey on Sat, Jun 12, 1982, 10:08 AM GMT+3 (07:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km NE of Datça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-12 07:08:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.940° N, 27.938° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.324 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 16173 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.522 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 16173 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.419 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 16157 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.631 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 16156 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 3.931 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 16173 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.99 km SW of Yata?an, Turkey · 16174 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.822 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 16178 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.627 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 16178 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.327 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 16191 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mvk (also filed as iscgemsup597060). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC.