M2.8 earthquake 11 km NW of Ayvac?k, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Ayvac?k, Turkey on Tue, Nov 2, 1993, 2:21 AM GMT+2 (00:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 16 km NNE of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-11-02 00:21:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.678° N, 26.309° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.223 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12025 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.15 km E of Míthymna, Greece · 12021 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.916 km NNE of Eresós, Greece · 12002 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of ?vrindi, Turkey · 11993 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.85 km NNW of Pámfila, Greece · 11992 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Biga, Turkey · 11990 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.26 km WSW of Pétra, Greece · 11990 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.428 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 11990 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.917 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 11986 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.031 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 11983 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.51 km WSW of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 11978 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.816 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 11968 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.723 km W of Gökçeada, Turkey · 11968 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 3.214 km WNW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 12026 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.028 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 12029 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.420 km SSE of Loutrá, Greece · 12031 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.124 km ENE of Ezine, Turkey · 12031 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.06 km SE of Behram, Turkey · 12033 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.19 km W of Burhaniye, Turkey · 12035 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.521 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12037 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.822 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12039 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.120 km WNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12040 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.822 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 12040 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.95 km N of Bergama, Turkey · 12040 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Geyikli, Turkey · 12041 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12047 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Bergama, Turkey · 12047 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.917 km W of Biga, Turkey · 12050 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.320 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12055 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0006320. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.