M2.9 earthquake 8 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey on Thu, Nov 12, 1992, 1:37 PM GMT+2 (11:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 19 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 1992-11-12 11:37:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.815° N, 27.495° 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.820 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12380 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.918 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12376 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12375 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.315 km NNE of Gönen, Turkey · 12371 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.817 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12370 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.019 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12370 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.417 km NNE of Erdek, Turkey · 12369 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.920 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 12368 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.915 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 12367 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.87 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 12364 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.015 km WSW of Erdek, Turkey · 12362 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 12351 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.615 km S of Beylikdüzü, Turkey · 12349 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.716 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12348 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.013 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 12345 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Çatalca, Turkey · 12341 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.911 km ESE of Biga, Turkey · 12339 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.710 km ESE of Marmara, Turkey · 12334 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005gry. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.