M3.1 earthquake 10 km NNE of Eski?ehir, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 10 km NNE of Eski?ehir, Turkey on Mon, Dec 17, 1990, 7:53 PM GMT+2 (17:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km ENE of Bozüyük, 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
- 1990-12-17 17:53:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.867° N, 30.568° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.38 km WSW of Kur?unlu, Turkey · 13071 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Sapanca, Turkey · 13070 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.51 km ENE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 13068 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Sapanca, Turkey · 13066 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.013 km ENE of Bozüyük, Turkey · 13057 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.111 km W of Karapürçek, Turkey · 13056 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.315 km ESE of Bozüyük, Turkey · 13037 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Alpu, Turkey · 13032 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.55 km SSE of Adapazar?, Turkey · 13029 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.85 km W of Yeni?ehir, Turkey · 13026 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 2.718 km SW of Mudurnu, Turkey · 13075 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Mudurnu, Turkey · 13075 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.213 km NNW of Pamukova, Turkey · 13079 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Cerrah, Turkey · 13084 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 13093 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 13094 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 13098 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.211 km NNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 13101 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 13102 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.315 km SSE of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 13102 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.916 km W of ?hsaniye, Turkey · 13103 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004j92. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.