Turkey earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 8 km NNW of Akyaz?, Turkey

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Akyaz?, Turkey on Wed, Aug 18, 1999, 1:12 AM GMT+3 (22:12 UTC), 6 km (4 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
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-08-17 22:12:47 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.759° N, 30.588° E
Region
Turkey
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.121 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.813 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 3.97 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9907 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.09 km NW of Hendek, Turkey · 9907 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.123 km NW of Mudurnu, Turkey · 9907 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.714 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.015 km N of Nall?han, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.10 km SE of Kullar, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.01 km SE of Ula?l?, Turkey · 9905 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.313 km SSE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9905 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.27 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9905 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 3.39 km SW of ?ile, Turkey · 9905 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.513 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9903 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 3.8Western Turkey · 9902 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 3.923 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9902 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.29 km WSW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9901 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 4.80 km ENE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9899 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 3.57 km NW of ?zmit, Turkey · 9898 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.212 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9896 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 5.22 km NNE of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9895 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 4.51 km NNE of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9895 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 3.45 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9892 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 4.08 km S of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9892 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 4.02 km E of Köseköy, Turkey · 9890 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 3.95 km N of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 4.015 km SSE of Bahçecik, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 3.12 km N of Körfez, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 3.918 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.79 km SE of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.94 km N of Ula?l?, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 3.825 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9888 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 3.27 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9888 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 3.216 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9888 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 3.019 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 3.523 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 3.15 km E of Köseköy, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 3.22 km WNW of Hendek, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 3.88 km SSE of Geyve, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.81 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 5.94 km SE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9881 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.78 km WNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9881 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 2.96 km SSE of Sapanca, Turkey · 9880 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 3.213 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9879 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.81 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9879 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.50 km S of ?zmit, Turkey · 9878 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 3.54 km SE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9878 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.89 km N of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9877 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 4.39 km WNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9877 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.98 km W of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.81 km NW of ?zmit, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.82 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 3.02 km SSE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 2.810 km W of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 4.31 km WSW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 3.23 km WNW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 3.44 km NW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 3.31 km S of Derince, Turkey · 9872 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.63 km NE of Körfez, Turkey · 9872 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 3.89 km WNW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9870 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 3.21 km SSE of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9870 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 4.16 km ENE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.92 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.810 km S of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 3.76 km SSE of Kaynarca, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.95 km S of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 4.47 km SSE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.07 km NNE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 3.77 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.51 km N of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.26 km NE of Düzce, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.114 km SSW of Kaynarca, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.612 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 3.911 km ESE of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.110 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 4.315 km SSE of Hendek, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 4.26 km S of Hendek, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 4.62 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 4.04 km S of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 4.64 km E of Düzce, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.514 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009d89. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.