Turkey earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 21 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 21 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey on Wed, Jan 12, 2005, 1:25 PM GMT+2 (11:25 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 5 km ENE of K?rka?aç, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-12 11:25:41 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.240° N, 27.850° 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 usp000dd5p. 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
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.818 km SE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7936 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.35 km ENE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7935 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.717 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 7935 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.18 km NNE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7935 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.823 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7935 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.719 km SSW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 7932 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.013 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7932 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.39 km NNE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7931 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.511 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7929 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.07 km NE of Menemen, Turkey · 7928 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.015 km E of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 7921 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.01 km SSE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7891 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.816 km SW of Gördes, Turkey · 7891 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.310 km ESE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7890 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.016 km ENE of Menemen, Turkey · 7890 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.45 km SE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7890 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 3.47 km SSE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7888 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 3.15 km SE of Bigadiç, Turkey · 7944 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.46 km SE of Bigadiç, Turkey · 7944 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dd5p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.