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M5.2 earthquake 11 km W of Bolu, Turkey

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 11 km W of Bolu, Turkey on Fri, Nov 12, 1999, 7:29 PM GMT+2 (17:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Nov 12, 1999, 7:29 PM GMT+2
UTC: 1999-11-12 17:29:31 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 40.742° N, 31.471° 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
5.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 42 stations
5.18	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 77.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009hf3 (also filed as iscgem1650108). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.