M4.1 earthquake 3 km SSE of Behram, Turkey
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Behram, Turkey on Wed, Aug 8, 1984, 7:47 PM GMT+3 (16:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 52 km W of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-08-08 16:47:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.465° N, 26.351° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.213 km S of Polichnítos, Greece · 15391 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15385 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.229 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 15378 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.812 km NW of Foça, Turkey · 15376 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.512 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 15375 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 15374 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.234 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 15373 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.724 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 15367 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.525 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 15367 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.719 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 15367 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.822 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 15365 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.515 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 15360 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.89 km N of Hamdibey, Turkey · 15354 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.235 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 15347 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.952 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15334 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000269b. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC.