Earthquake details

Saturday, November 13, 1948 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Saturday, November 13, 1948 at 04:44 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Görükle (Turkey - TR), about 9.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 28.814 and latitude 40.315.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	40.315, 28.814
UTC time	1948-11-13 04:44:49.710

Location	Bursa
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1948-11-13

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Görükle	9.6 km
Bursa	24.8 km
Gemlik	32.0 km
Kestel	36.3 km
Karacabey	40.1 km
Orhangazi	46.2 km
Mustafakemalpaşa	46.2 km
Yalova	54.5 km
İnegöl	65.1 km
Panderma	71.2 km
Maltepe	74.9 km
Gebze	75.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6 Tavşanlı Turkey · 2025-09-28 22:48 UTC	105.4 km
M 4.2 Yalova Turkey · 2025-07-02 10:57 UTC	36.4 km
M 4.0 Bursa Turkey · 2025-07-01 09:57 UTC	32.2 km

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