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M5.1 earthquake 9 km SE of Akyaz?, Turkey

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Akyaz?, Turkey on Tue, Aug 17, 1999, 6:14 AM GMT+3 (03:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 4 km SE of Köseköy, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Aug 17, 1999, 6:14 AM GMT+3
UTC: 1999-08-17 03:14:00 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 40.616° N, 30.688° E
Region: Turkey
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 91 stations
5.28	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.26

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 104.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009d5w (also filed as iscgem1655238). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC.