M3.5 earthquake 4 km W of Orta, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 4 km W of Orta, Turkey on Mon, May 24, 2004, 5:23 PM GMT+3 (14:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km NW of Ilgaz, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-24 14:23:51 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.618° N, 33.060° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000cw30. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.119 km SSE of Gökçebey, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.86 km S of Çankaya, Turkey · 8160 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.823 km N of Yeniça?a, Turkey · 8160 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.017 km S of Çankaya, Turkey · 8153 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.819 km WNW of Ilgaz, Turkey · 8149 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.117 km NW of Ilgaz, Turkey · 8111 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cw30. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.