Earthquake details

Thursday, August 3, 1939 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Thursday, August 3, 1939 at 12:32 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Bozüyük (Turkey - TR), about 6.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 30.074 and latitude 39.855.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	39.855, 30.074
UTC time	1939-08-03 12:32:49.800

Location	Bozüyük
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1939-08-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Bozüyük	6.7 km
Bilecik	32.9 km
Eskişehir	39.2 km
Kütahya	48.6 km
İnegöl	53.9 km
Tavşanlı	60.3 km
Kestel	82.8 km
Bursa	94.4 km
Orhangazi	96.0 km
Gölcük	98.2 km
Gemlik	100.8 km
Karamürsel	100.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 Yalova Turkey · 2025-07-02 10:57 UTC	100.8 km
M 4.0 Bursa Turkey · 2025-07-01 09:57 UTC	95.8 km

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