Turkey earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 13 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey on Sun, Aug 22, 1999, 5:30 PM GMT+3 (14:30 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-08-22 14:30:58 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.638° N, 30.773° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.8Western Turkey · 9902 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.923 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9902 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.29 km WSW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9901 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.80 km ENE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9899 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.57 km NW of ?zmit, Turkey · 9898 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.212 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9896 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 5.22 km NNE of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9895 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.51 km NNE of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9895 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 3.45 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9892 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.08 km S of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9892 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.02 km E of Köseköy, Turkey · 9890 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 3.95 km N of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.015 km SSE of Bahçecik, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.12 km N of Körfez, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.918 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.79 km SE of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.94 km N of Ula?l?, Turkey · 9889 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 3.825 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9888 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 3.27 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9888 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 3.216 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9888 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 3.019 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 3.523 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 3.15 km E of Köseköy, Turkey · 9886 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 3.22 km WNW of Hendek, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 3.88 km SSE of Geyve, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.81 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9885 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 5.94 km SE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9881 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 2.78 km WNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9881 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.96 km SSE of Sapanca, Turkey · 9879 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 3.213 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9879 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.81 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9879 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 2.50 km S of ?zmit, Turkey · 9878 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 3.54 km SE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9878 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.89 km N of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9877 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 4.39 km WNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9877 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.98 km W of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.81 km NW of ?zmit, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.82 km N of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9876 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 3.02 km SSE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.810 km W of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 4.31 km WSW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 3.23 km WNW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 3.44 km NW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9875 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 3.31 km S of Derince, Turkey · 9872 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 2.63 km NE of Körfez, Turkey · 9872 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 3.89 km WNW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9870 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 3.21 km SSE of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9870 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 3.98 km SSE of Küplü, Turkey · 9868 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 3.34 km NNW of Hal?dere, Turkey · 9868 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.93 km WNW of Köseköy, Turkey · 9868 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.85 km WNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 2.86 km WSW of Hendek, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.72 km NE of Körfez, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 2.712 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 2.85 km WNW of Düzce, Turkey · 9862 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 2.71 km N of Kullar, Turkey · 9861 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 3.12 km WNW of ?zmit, Turkey · 9861 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 3.11 km E of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9861 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 3.117 km WSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9859 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 3.19 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9854 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 4.27 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9905 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.313 km SSE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9905 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.01 km SE of Ula?l?, Turkey · 9905 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.10 km SE of Kullar, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.015 km N of Nall?han, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.714 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9906 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 4.123 km NW of Mudurnu, Turkey · 9907 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.09 km NW of Hendek, Turkey · 9907 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.97 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9907 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 3.813 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 4.121 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.28 km NNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 4.16 km ENE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.92 km ESE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 3.810 km S of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 3.76 km SSE of Kaynarca, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 3.95 km S of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.47 km SSE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 4.07 km NNE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.77 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9908 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009dg7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.