Earthquake details

Wednesday, October 3, 1928 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Wednesday, October 3, 1928 at 00:57 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Çankırı (Turkey - TR), about 17.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 33.456 and latitude 40.497.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	40.497, 33.456
UTC time	1928-10-03 00:57:04.930

Location	Çankırı
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1928-10-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Çankırı	17.7 km
Çubuk	46.0 km
Kırıkkale	72.7 km
Çankaya	81.9 km
Ankara	82.1 km
Sungurlu	86.1 km
Keskin	92.7 km
Kastamonu	101.7 km
Karabük	105.2 km
Safranbolu	105.6 km
Osmancık	125.7 km
Çorum	126.8 km

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