Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 9, 1939 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Wednesday, August 9, 1939 at 23:43 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Bozüyük (Turkey - TR), about 14.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 30.128 and latitude 39.796.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	39.796, 30.128
UTC time	1939-08-09 23:43:46.940

Location	Bozüyük
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1939-08-09

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Bozüyük	14.7 km
Eskişehir	33.6 km
Bilecik	40.5 km
Kütahya	43.2 km
Tavşanlı	60.9 km
İnegöl	61.1 km
Kestel	90.0 km
Bursa	101.4 km
Orhangazi	104.0 km
Gölcük	105.6 km
Gemlik	108.6 km
Karamürsel	108.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 Yalova Turkey · 2025-07-02 10:57 UTC	108.6 km
M 4.0 Bursa Turkey · 2025-07-01 09:57 UTC	103.5 km

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