Earthquake details

Thursday, October 24, 1957 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Thursday, October 24, 1957 at 02:33 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Bilecik (Turkey - TR), about 12.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 29.910 and latitude 40.043.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	40.043, 29.910
UTC time	1957-10-24 02:33:14.520

Location	Bilecik
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1957-10-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Bilecik	12.5 km
Bozüyük	18.5 km
İnegöl	34.0 km
Eskişehir	60.0 km
Kestel	61.8 km
Tavşanlı	65.9 km
Kütahya	69.2 km
Orhangazi	71.2 km
Bursa	74.3 km
Gölcük	75.2 km
Karamürsel	76.3 km
Gemlik	77.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 Yalova Turkey · 2025-07-02 10:57 UTC	76.6 km
M 4.0 Bursa Turkey · 2025-07-01 09:57 UTC	72.3 km

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