Turkey earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake 7 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Düzce, Turkey on Fri, Nov 12, 1999, 7:17 PM GMT+2 (17:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.5 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-11-12 17:17:56 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.785° N, 31.120° E
Region
Turkey
Strongest shaking
VII, very strong shaking
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.5mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · 62 stations
5.5Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.39

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration
28.5% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
2.8 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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How well it is located

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Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.66 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 4.58 km WSW of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 5.211 km W of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.518 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.118 km NNE of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.014 km SE of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.112 km N of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.818 km SE of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.213 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 3.816 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.117 km S of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.16 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.819 km N of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 3.918 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 4.414 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.510 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 4.09 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 4.11 km SSW of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.45 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 4.29 km E of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 3.42 km SSW of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 4.019 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 4.417 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 3.6Western Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 3.5Western Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 4.116 km SE of Hendek, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 4.413 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 4.812 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 4.38 km W of Bolu, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 4.014 km SW of Bolu, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 3.2Western Turkey · 9821 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 3.313 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 4.012 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 4.2Western Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 3.515 km WSW of Dörtdivan, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 4.1Western Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 4.07 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 3.417 km E of Düzce, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 4.015 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 3.218 km E of Düzce, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 3.217 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9821 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 3.65 km NW of Düzce, Turkey · 9820 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.913 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9820 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 3.317 km SE of Düzce, Turkey · 9820 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 4.13 km W of Bolu, Turkey · 9820 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 3.314 km NNE of Mudurnu, Turkey · 9819 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 4.0Western Turkey · 9819 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 5.12 km S of Bolu, Turkey · 9818 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 3.79 km NE of Düzce, Turkey · 9817 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 4.2Western Turkey · 9817 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 4.814 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9817 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 3.821 km SE of Düzce, Turkey · 9816 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 4.19 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9815 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 4.11 km WSW of Hendek, Turkey · 9815 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 4.816 km WSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9815 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 4.016 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9814 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 4.25 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9813 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 4.018 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9813 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 4.44 km WSW of Bolu, Turkey · 9813 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 2.920 km E of Düzce, Turkey · 9808 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 4.815 km SW of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.36 km WNW of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 7.28 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9822 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 4.13 km E of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9823 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 3.315 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9823 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 5.75 km N of Sapanca, Turkey · 9823 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.26 km S of Hendek, Turkey · 9827 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 5.08 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9827 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 3.86 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9827 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.916 km WSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9834 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.68 km E of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9835 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.911 km N of Düzce, Turkey · 9841 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 3.58 km NW of Düzce, Turkey · 9842 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 3.25 km W of Düzce, Turkey · 9844 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.017 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9846 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.86 km NE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9846 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 3.314 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9848 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 3.65 km S of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9851 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009hf0 (also filed as iscgem1650102). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.