Earthquake details

Sunday, July 11, 1971 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Turkey on Sunday, July 11, 1971 at 20:12 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kahramanmaraş (Turkey - TR), about 47.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 36.845 and latitude 37.167.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	37.167, 36.845
UTC time	1971-07-11 20:12:57.540

Location	Gaziantep
Country	Turkey (TR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1971-07-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kahramanmaraş	47.1 km
Gaziantep	49.2 km
Osmaniye	54.0 km
Kilis	55.6 km
Dörtyol	65.7 km
Azaz	67.0 km
Kadirli	70.2 km
Afrin	73.0 km
Kırıkhan	86.1 km
Nizip	86.1 km
İskenderun	88.0 km
Ceyhan	92.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Kırıkhan Turkey · 2025-12-17 01:15 UTC	68.3 km
M 4.3 Kahramanmaraş Turkey · 2025-11-20 09:09 UTC	5.0 km
M 4.1 Gaziantep Turkey · 2025-10-21 02:06 UTC	17.8 km

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