M3.0 earthquake 12 km NE of Biga, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Biga, Turkey on Sat, Jan 26, 1991, 12:24 AM GMT+2 (22:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 16 km SSW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-01-25 22:24:27 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.308° N, 27.345° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.912 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.612 km W of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13032 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.38 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13028 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.28 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13028 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.910 km SW of Karacabey, Turkey · 13025 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.014 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 13022 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.024 km W of Marmara, Turkey · 13021 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.98 km SSW of Band?rma, Turkey · 13018 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.224 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey · 13013 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Havran, Turkey · 13011 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.612 km WSW of Susurluk, Turkey · 13008 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Manyas, Turkey · 13004 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.516 km SSW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12993 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 3.140 km SSW of Kumburgaz, Turkey · 13035 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.820 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13036 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Manyas, Turkey · 13041 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.49 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 13049 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.210 km ESE of Çan, Turkey · 13050 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.86 km ENE of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 13053 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.015 km NNW of Manyas, Turkey · 13053 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.810 km NNW of Manyas, Turkey · 13055 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.611 km S of Band?rma, Turkey · 13056 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.913 km E of Kumba?, Turkey · 13057 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.815 km NNW of Manyas, Turkey · 13057 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004m58. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC.