M4.2 earthquake 14 km ESE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 14 km ESE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey on Wed, May 7, 1986, 3:35 PM GMT+3 (12:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 10 km SSE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-07 12:35:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.054° N, 38.026° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.810 km SSE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14729 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.610 km ESE of Besni, Turkey · 14729 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.57 km SE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14729 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.67 km S of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14729 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.25 km SSE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14729 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.39 km S of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14726 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.79 km ESE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14725 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.46 km SE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14720 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.38 km S of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14720 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.03 km SSE of Do?an?ehir, Turkey · 14718 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002tky. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC.