M4.6 earthquake 10 km ESE of Besni, Turkey
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Besni, Turkey on Fri, Jun 6, 1986, 1:50 PM GMT+3 (10:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 17 km NNW of Gaziantep, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-06-06 10:50:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.672° N, 37.982° 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 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.57 km SE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14728 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.67 km S of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14728 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.25 km SSE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14728 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.39 km S of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14725 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.79 km ESE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14724 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.46 km SE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14719 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.38 km S of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14719 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.03 km SSE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14717 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.017 km NNW of Gaziantep, Turkey · 14671 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002uum. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.