M2.9 earthquake 22 km NNW of Çan, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 22 km NNW of Çan, Turkey on Mon, Jul 12, 1993, 11:59 PM GMT+3 (20:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 Western 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-07-12 20:59:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.212° N, 26.928° 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: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.824 km ESE of Lapseki, Turkey · 12138 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12137 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.714 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 12137 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.721 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 12137 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.821 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 12137 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.521 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 12136 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.79 km WSW of Band?rma, Turkey · 12135 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.023 km ENE of Marmara, Turkey · 12135 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Behram, Turkey · 12134 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.64 km NNW of Gönen, Turkey · 12134 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.623 km E of Marmara, Turkey · 12134 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.520 km ENE of Marmara, Turkey · 12134 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.111 km SSW of Ezine, Turkey · 12128 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.717 km SW of Gönen, Turkey · 12128 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.710 km ESE of Çan, Turkey · 12119 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Behram, Turkey · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.718 km NNW of Balya, Turkey · 12110 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.314 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12106 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.315 km SW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12106 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.44 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 12103 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.717 km ENE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 12102 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.78 km W of Marmara, Turkey · 12101 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.612 km E of Çanakkale, Turkey · 12100 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.714 km ESE of Behram, Turkey · 12100 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of ?vrindi, Turkey · 12099 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.68 km E of Hamdibey, Turkey · 12095 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.614 km NNE of Band?rma, Turkey · 12094 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.225 km E of Samothráki, Greece · 12093 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 12093 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.94 km SSW of Gönen, Turkey · 12088 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.612 km E of Gönen, Turkey · 12088 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Western Turkey · 12086 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.78 km S of Biga, Turkey · 12085 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.81 km SE of Biga, Turkey · 12085 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.917 km N of Çan, Turkey · 12084 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.21 km WNW of Erdek, Turkey · 12083 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.74 km W of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 12082 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Marmara, Turkey · 12082 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.517 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12079 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.017 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12079 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.019 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12079 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 2.75 km SE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 12139 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.818 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 12144 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.211 km WNW of Alt?noluk, Turkey · 12144 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.319 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12144 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.611 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12145 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.48 km NNE of Band?rma, Turkey · 12145 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.79 km ENE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 12145 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.411 km SSW of Geyikli, Turkey · 12148 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 12149 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.115 km WNW of Gönen, Turkey · 12159 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.418 km NW of Gönen, Turkey · 12161 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 12167 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.914 km SW of Kumba?, Turkey · 12168 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005w33. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.