Earthquake details

Tuesday, August 10, 1948 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Tuesday, August 10, 1948 at 13:27 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Merkezefendi (Turkey - TR), about 13.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 28.893 and latitude 37.836.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	37.836, 28.893
UTC time	1948-08-10 13:27:00.940

Location	Denizli
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1948-08-10

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Merkezefendi	13.6 km
Denizli	18.4 km
Nazilli	50.9 km
Alaşehir	66.1 km
Kula	82.0 km
Muğla	83.0 km
Ödemiş	92.0 km
Aydin	92.6 km
Salihli	97.1 km
Uşak	103.4 km
Tire	105.4 km
Milas	113.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Denizli Turkey · 2026-03-16 06:03 UTC	28.0 km
M 4.1 Denizli Turkey · 2026-03-09 20:20 UTC	27.7 km
M 4.0 Denizli Turkey · 2026-03-09 17:02 UTC	24.6 km
M 5.0 Denizli Turkey · 2026-03-09 06:21 UTC	31.7 km
M 4.4 Muğla Turkey · 2025-10-12 03:40 UTC	95.5 km

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