M2.7 earthquake 18 km SW of Mudurnu, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Mudurnu, Turkey on Mon, Dec 17, 1990, 9:51 AM GMT+2 (07:51 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.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-12-17 07:51:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.336° N, 31.087° 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.110 km NNE of Eski?ehir, Turkey · 13075 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Sapanca, Turkey · 13070 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.51 km ENE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 13068 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Sapanca, Turkey · 13066 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.013 km ENE of Bozüyük, Turkey · 13057 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.111 km W of Karapürçek, Turkey · 13056 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.315 km ESE of Bozüyük, Turkey · 13037 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Alpu, Turkey · 13032 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.55 km SSE of Adapazar?, Turkey · 13029 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 13026 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004j8h. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.