M2.9 earthquake 14 km SW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey on Sat, Jul 20, 1991, 10:50 AM GMT+3 (07:50 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 19 km ESE of Sava?tepe, 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
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-07-20 07:50:41 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.866° N, 28.767° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.710 km S of Yeni?ehir, Turkey · 12859 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.114 km S of Tatkavakl?, Turkey · 12859 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.421 km W of Emet, Turkey · 12858 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.019 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 12857 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.120 km WSW of Bigadiç, Turkey · 12857 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.118 km SW of Bigadiç, Turkey · 12857 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.47 km N of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 12857 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.820 km SW of Bigadiç, Turkey · 12857 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.621 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 12856 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.16 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 12856 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Narl?ca, Turkey · 12855 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Yenice, Turkey · 12853 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.65 km N of Gürsu, Turkey · 12853 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.926 km W of Emet, Turkey · 12850 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.84 km SSW of Kur?unlu, Turkey · 12849 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.017 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 12807 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.024 km NNW of Simav, Turkey · 12860 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.86 km W of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 12860 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.711 km S of Yeni?ehir, Turkey · 12860 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Kestel, Turkey · 12860 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.921 km ESE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 12860 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.919 km ESE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 12861 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.29 km NW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 12863 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.820 km SSE of Keles, Turkey · 12864 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.119 km NE of ?aphane, Turkey · 12865 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.726 km S of Yenice, Turkey · 12866 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.88 km E of Keles, Turkey · 12866 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.84 km S of Narl?ca, Turkey · 12873 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.88 km NNW of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 12874 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Domaniç, Turkey · 12875 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.015 km ENE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 12876 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.49 km SSW of Erdek, Turkey · 12877 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.47 km NNW of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 12878 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.115 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 12879 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.02 km SE of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 12879 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.711 km SSE of Kirazl?, Turkey · 12882 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004ud9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC.