M3.1 earthquake 13 km S of Sand?kl?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 13 km S of Sand?kl?, Turkey on Wed, Feb 27, 1991, 9:08 AM GMT+2 (07:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km NE of K?z?lören, 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
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-02-27 07:08:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.344° N, 30.262° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.613 km NE of K?z?lören, Turkey · 13001 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.710 km NE of K?z?lören, Turkey · 13001 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.74 km WSW of K?z?lören, Turkey · 13001 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.810 km NNE of K?z?lören, Turkey · 13001 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.08 km ENE of K?z?lören, Turkey · 13001 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.16 km NE of K?z?lören, Turkey · 13001 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.07 km NE of K?z?lören, Turkey · 12997 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.113 km NE of Sinanpa?a, Turkey · 12951 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.912 km N of Banaz, Turkey · 12950 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 3.015 km NE of Dumlup?nar, Turkey · 13002 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.24 km NW of Sultanda??, Turkey · 13009 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.86 km W of Sand?kl?, Turkey · 13011 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.58 km S of Bölme, Turkey · 13019 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.15 km SSE of Uluborlu, Turkey · 13032 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004nfe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.