Turkey earthquakes

M5.6 earthquake 15 km NE of Datça, Turkey

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Datça, Turkey on Wed, Aug 4, 2004, 6:01 AM GMT+3 (03:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.6 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Wed, Aug 4, 2004, 6:01 AM GMT+3
UTC: 2004-08-04 03:01:07 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 36.833° N, 27.815° E
Region: Turkey
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5795), matched to this event by time and place.

Injuries: 15

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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Shaking

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

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 17.4% 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.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 75°, dip 40°, rake -95°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 262°, dip 50°, rake -85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 20°
Stations used: 412

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 146.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000d1e2 (also filed as gcmtc080404a, gcmt20040804030107, atlas20040804030111, iscgem7384740). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.