M2.1 earthquake 24 km WSW of Çan, Turkey
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 24 km WSW of Çan, Turkey on Fri, Oct 12, 1990, 3:48 AM GMT+2 (01:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km S of Balya, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-12 01:48:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.911° N, 26.813° 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: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.922 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13140 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.112 km ESE of Biga, Turkey · 13139 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.511 km W of Soma, Turkey · 13138 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 13136 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.910 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 13127 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.810 km E of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.314 km W of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.130 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.715 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13121 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.212 km N of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13120 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.39 km SE of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 13119 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.710 km ENE of Bergama, Turkey · 13116 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 13116 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.018 km E of Çan, Turkey · 13114 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.86 km ENE of Balya, Turkey · 13113 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.617 km NW of Bergama, Turkey · 13111 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.422 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 13109 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Soma, Turkey · 13108 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.915 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.916 km N of Geyikli, Turkey · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.78 km NW of K?n?k, Turkey · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.422 km S of Enez, Turkey · 13105 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.223 km W of Marmara, Turkey · 13099 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.216 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 13098 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.415 km WSW of Gönen, Turkey · 13094 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.413 km N of K?n?k, Turkey · 13089 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.320 km NNW of Gönen, Turkey · 13084 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.013 km SSW of Gönen, Turkey · 13082 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.810 km S of Balya, Turkey · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.17 km ENE of Míthymna, Greece · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.417 km WSW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.011 km SW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13142 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.415 km SW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13142 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.919 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 13143 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.611 km SSW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13143 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.712 km SW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13143 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.712 km WSW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13143 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.910 km SW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13144 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.313 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13147 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004fn8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.