M3.1 earthquake 6 km ENE of Akkent, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Akkent, Turkey on Sun, Oct 21, 1990, 7:19 PM GMT+2 (17:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km NNE of Honaz, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-21 17:19:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.168° N, 29.456° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.12 km NNW of Sinanpa?a, Turkey · 13127 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.02 km S of Keçiborlu, Turkey · 13105 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.615 km ENE of Gediz, Turkey · 13089 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.013 km N of Ye?ilova, Turkey · 13086 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.712 km WSW of Güllü, Turkey · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.918 km W of Ye?ilova, Turkey · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Honaz, Turkey · 13079 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0Western Turkey · 13078 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 3.35 km NNW of Baklan, Turkey · 13133 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.424 km SSW of Aslanapa, Turkey · 13138 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Tefenni, Turkey · 13145 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.216 km W of Ye?ilova, Turkey · 13145 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.622 km NW of Dumlup?nar, Turkey · 13146 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Pazarlar, Turkey · 13151 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004g0u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:03 AM UTC.