M4.0 earthquake Western Turkey
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in Western Turkey on Sat, Sep 1, 1990, 8:24 PM GMT+3 (17:24 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 5 km ENE of Ródos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-09-01 17:24:42 UTC
- Depth
- 24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.053° N, 28.033° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.922 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13173 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.15 km ENE of Ródos, Greece · 13153 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.913 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004e65. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.