M6.0 earthquake near Foça, İzmir Province

What happened

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Karaburun, Turkey on 19 Jan 1909, 04:56 UTC at a depth of 15 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Foça, about 23 km away in İzmir Province, Turkey.