M2.9 earthquake 15 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey on Wed, Nov 25, 1992, 4:53 PM GMT+2 (14:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 15 km WSW of Erdek, 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
- 1992-11-25 14:53:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.714° N, 27.480° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.87 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 12364 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.015 km WSW of Erdek, Turkey · 12362 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 12351 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.615 km S of Beylikdüzü, Turkey · 12349 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.716 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12348 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.013 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 12345 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Çatalca, Turkey · 12341 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.911 km ESE of Biga, Turkey · 12339 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.710 km ESE of Marmara, Turkey · 12334 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.812 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 12307 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 2.920 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 12368 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.417 km NNE of Erdek, Turkey · 12369 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.019 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12370 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.817 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12370 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.315 km NNE of Gönen, Turkey · 12371 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12375 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.918 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12376 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.820 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12380 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.98 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12380 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12381 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.834 km NNW of Biga, Turkey · 12381 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.814 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 12384 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.86 km N of Band?rma, Turkey · 12387 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005hc9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.