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M5.2 earthquake 18 km NE of Datça, Turkey

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 18 km NE of Datça, Turkey on Wed, Aug 4, 2004, 7:19 AM GMT+3 (04:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 16 km NE of Datça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Wed, Aug 4, 2004, 7:19 AM GMT+3
UTC: 2004-08-04 04:19:48 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 36.843° N, 27.850° E
Region: Turkey
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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 71°, dip 42°, rake -111°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 278°, dip 52°, rake -73°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 22°
Stations used: 440

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 139.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000d1ea (also filed as gcmtc080404c, gcmt20040804041948, iscgem7384785). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.