Turkey earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 14 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 14 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey on Thu, Aug 19, 1999, 4:04 PM GMT+3 (13:04 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
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-08-19 13:04:12 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.619° N, 30.769° E
Region
Turkey
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Istanbul.

From the USGS event page for usp0009dat. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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
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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.015 km N of Nall?han, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.10 km SE of Kullar, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.01 km SE of Ula?l?, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.313 km SSE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.27 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.513 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9904 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.8Western Turkey · 9902 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 3.923 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9902 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.29 km WSW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9901 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.80 km ENE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9899 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.57 km NW of ?zmit, Turkey · 9898 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.212 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9897 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 5.22 km NNE of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9895 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 4.51 km NNE of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9895 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 3.45 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9893 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.08 km S of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9893 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 4.02 km E of Köseköy, Turkey · 9891 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 3.95 km N of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.015 km SSE of Bahçecik, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 3.12 km N of Körfez, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 3.918 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 2.79 km SE of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.94 km N of Ula?l?, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 3.825 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 3.27 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 3.216 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 3.019 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9887 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 3.523 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9887 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 3.15 km E of Köseköy, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 3.22 km WNW of Hendek, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 3.88 km SSE of Geyve, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.81 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 5.94 km SE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9882 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.78 km WNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9882 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 2.96 km SSE of Sapanca, Turkey · 9880 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 3.213 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9880 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 2.81 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9879 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.50 km S of ?zmit, Turkey · 9879 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 3.54 km SE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9878 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.89 km N of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9878 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 4.39 km WNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9877 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.98 km W of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.81 km NW of ?zmit, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.82 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 3.02 km SSE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.810 km W of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 4.31 km WSW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 3.23 km WNW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 3.44 km NW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 3.31 km S of Derince, Turkey · 9872 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.63 km NE of Körfez, Turkey · 9872 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 3.89 km WNW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9871 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 3.21 km SSE of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9870 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 3.98 km SSE of Küplü, Turkey · 9869 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 3.34 km NNW of Hal?dere, Turkey · 9868 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.93 km WNW of Köseköy, Turkey · 9868 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.85 km WNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.86 km WSW of Hendek, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 2.72 km NE of Körfez, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 2.712 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 4.123 km NW of Mudurnu, Turkey · 9907 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.09 km NW of Hendek, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 3.97 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.813 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 4.121 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.28 km NNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.16 km ENE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 3.92 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.810 km S of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 3.76 km SSE of Kaynarca, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.95 km S of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.47 km SSE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.07 km NNE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.77 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 4.51 km N of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 4.26 km NE of Düzce, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 4.114 km SSW of Kaynarca, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 4.612 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 3.911 km ESE of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 4.110 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9909 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009dat. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.