M2.9 earthquake 16 km N of Geyikli, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 16 km N of Geyikli, Turkey on Wed, Nov 14, 1990, 7:47 PM GMT+2 (17:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km W of Ayvac?k, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-11-14 17:47:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.955° N, 26.235° 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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.422 km S of Enez, Turkey · 13105 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.17 km ENE of Míthymna, Greece · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Enez, Turkey · 13072 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.93 km E of Behram, Turkey · 13070 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.616 km W of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 13067 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Geyikli, Turkey · 13051 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.210 km ESE of Çan, Turkey · 13050 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.418 km S of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13048 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 3.018 km E of Çan, Turkey · 13114 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 13116 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.39 km SE of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 13119 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.715 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13121 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.130 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.314 km W of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.810 km E of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004gxr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.