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M4.2 earthquake 19 km WSW of Ula, Turkey

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Ula, Turkey on Tue, Dec 21, 2004, 2:23 AM GMT+2 (00:23 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 23 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-12-21 00:23:34 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.060° N, 28.210° 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 usp000db49. 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

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Station coverage gap
55°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 101.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000db49. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.