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M4.0 earthquake 2 km E of Köseköy, Turkey

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 2 km E of Köseköy, Turkey on Sat, Sep 4, 1999, 1:30 PM GMT+3 (10:30 UTC), 17 km (11 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
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-09-04 10:30:46 UTC
Depth
17.3 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.741° N, 30.032° 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 and Kocaeli.

From the USGS event page for usp0009e0f. 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.

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 89.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009e0f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.