Turkey earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 14 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey on Fri, Oct 20, 2006, 9:15 PM GMT+3 (18:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 4 km W of Gemlik, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-20 18:15:26 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.236° N, 28.059° E
Region
Turkey
Felt reports
67
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.8mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · 79 stations
5.19Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.24

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Buyukcekmece and Istanbul; (II) at Izmit. Felt at Balikesir, Bursa, Canakkale, Corlu, Eskisehir, Izmir, Karamursel, Kocaeli, Korfez, Silivri, Tekirdag and Yalova.

From the USGS event page for usp000evmd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

67 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
22°
Stations used
276

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.77 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7286 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.09 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.911 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 5.04 km W of Gemlik, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 51
  5. 3.620 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.910 km SW of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.93 km W of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7282 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.710 km WSW of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7282 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.99 km SE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7272 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 3.013 km S of Band?rma, Turkey · 7264 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.624 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 7255 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.820 km NE of Karacabey, Turkey · 7241 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.68 km N of Çan, Turkey · 7241 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.66 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7239 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away

Before

  1. 3.721 km ESE of Lapseki, Turkey · 7295 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evmd (also filed as us2006ubbk, iscgem8823306). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.