M3.0 earthquake 24 km W of Marmara, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 24 km W of Marmara, Turkey on Fri, Feb 8, 1991, 8:13 AM GMT+2 (06:13 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
- 1991-02-08 06:13:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.557° N, 27.271° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.98 km SSW of Band?rma, Turkey · 13018 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.224 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey · 13013 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Manyas, Turkey · 13004 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.516 km SSW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12993 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12962 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 3.014 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 13022 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.910 km SW of Karacabey, Turkey · 13025 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.28 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13028 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.38 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13028 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.912 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.012 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.140 km SSW of Kumburgaz, Turkey · 13036 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.820 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 13036 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Manyas, Turkey · 13041 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.49 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 13049 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.210 km ESE of Çan, Turkey · 13050 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004mpt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC.