Earthquake details

Tuesday, June 29, 1971 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Tuesday, June 29, 1971 at 09:08 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Gaziantep (Turkey - TR), about 42.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 36.921 and latitude 37.164.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	37.164, 36.921
UTC time	1971-06-29 09:08:11.450

Location	Gaziantep
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1971-06-29

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Gaziantep	42.6 km
Kahramanmaraş	46.8 km
Kilis	52.8 km
Osmaniye	60.6 km
Azaz	65.2 km
Dörtyol	71.3 km
Afrin	72.7 km
Kadirli	76.7 km
Nizip	79.4 km
Kırıkhan	89.4 km
İskenderun	92.5 km
Birecik	95.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Kırıkhan Turkey · 2025-12-17 01:15 UTC	71.7 km
M 4.3 Kahramanmaraş Turkey · 2025-11-20 09:09 UTC	11.5 km
M 4.1 Gaziantep Turkey · 2025-10-21 02:06 UTC	15.1 km

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