The Afyon Province of western Turkey was struck by an earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw on 3 February 2002 at 10:11 local time (07:11 UTC).

The cause of the extension is thought to be the rollback of the subducting slab of the African plate that dips northwards beneath the Aegean.

The Afyon–Akşehir Graben lies in the hanging-wall of the low-angle Sultandağı Fault and contains nearly 1 km of late Miocene to Quaternary sedimentary fill.

[2] A large aftershock, measuring 5.8–6.0 Mw , occurred roughly two hours after the mainshock near the western end of the Sultandağı Fault.

[5] The most damaged building type was the traditional Himis style, which consists of timber frames with adobe and rubble infill and heavy roofs.