M4.0 earthquake 11 km N of Erdek, Turkey
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 11 km N of Erdek, Turkey on Mon, May 19, 2008, 1:18 PM GMT+3 (10:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 12 km SSE of Gönen, 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
- 2008-05-19 10:18:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.500° N, 27.800° 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 usp000g784. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 296°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.122 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 6699 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.717 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 6698 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.416 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 6697 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.819 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 6697 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.518 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 6696 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.121 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 6695 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.7Western Turkey · 6687 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.318 km NE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 6661 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.616 km NW of Mudanya, Turkey · 6661 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.212 km SSE of Gönen, Turkey · 6660 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.718 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 6655 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.123 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 6655 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.312 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 6653 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g784. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.