M4.0 earthquake Western Turkey
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in Western Turkey on Sat, Aug 18, 2007, 10:37 AM GMT+3 (07:37 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 19 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-18 07:37:39 UTC
- Depth
- 18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.569° N, 27.010° 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 usp000fk3m. 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
- 165°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.819 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6975 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.123 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6951 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.717 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 6934 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.58 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 6932 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fk3m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.