Earthquake details

Wednesday, March 18, 1953 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Wednesday, March 18, 1953 at 19:06 UTC with a magnitude of 7.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Gönen (Turkey - TR), about 7.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 27.648 and latitude 40.175.

Magnitude	7.3
Alert	Extreme
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	40.175, 27.648
UTC time	1953-03-18 19:06:17.740

Location	Gönen
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Extreme

Earthquake map 1953-03-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Gönen	7.8 km
Panderma	34.2 km
Biga	35.0 km
Karacabey	60.8 km
Balıkesir	62.0 km
Mustafakemalpaşa	66.5 km
Edremit	83.6 km
Tekirdağ	90.1 km
Burhaniye	94.7 km
Görükle	101.6 km
Çanakkale	105.1 km
Soma	110.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6

Balıkesir

Turkey · 2025-11-13 03:16 UTC

107.1 km

M 5.0

Çorlu

Turkey · 2025-10-02 11:55 UTC

70.4 km

M 4.6

Balıkesir

Turkey · 2025-08-18 08:26 UTC

105.2 km

M 4.1

Balıkesir

Turkey · 2025-08-14 15:07 UTC

107.5 km

M 6.1

Balıkesir

Turkey · 2025-08-10 16:53 UTC

94.8 km

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