M4.5 earthquake 22 km NE of Datça, Turkey
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 22 km NE of Datça, Turkey on Sat, Jun 12, 1982, 1:37 PM GMT+3 (10:37 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 10:37:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.902° N, 27.841° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.419 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 16157 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.631 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 16156 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 4.324 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 16173 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.530 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 16173 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.931 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 16173 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.99 km SW of Yata?an, Turkey · 16174 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.822 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 16179 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.627 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 16179 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.327 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 16191 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mvr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.