M2.6 earthquake 15 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey on Sun, Oct 17, 1993, 9:23 PM GMT+2 (19:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 14 km WSW of Biga, 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-10-17 19:23:56 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.751° N, 27.402° 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 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.712 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 12033 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.619 km E of Biga, Turkey · 12023 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.721 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12017 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.719 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 12010 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.021 km NE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 12010 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.013 km E of Kumba?, Turkey · 12001 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.80 km SSE of Çatalca, Turkey · 12000 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.913 km NW of Erdek, Turkey · 11996 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Kumba?, Turkey · 11994 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Biga, Turkey · 11990 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 2.814 km S of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12041 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.624 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12043 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.72 km WNW of Muratbey, Turkey · 12047 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.614 km E of Marmara, Turkey · 12049 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.917 km W of Biga, Turkey · 12050 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Erdek, Turkey · 12054 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.816 km WNW of Gönen, Turkey · 12057 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.624 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12059 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.714 km SE of Biga, Turkey · 12060 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.523 km E of Kumba?, Turkey · 12060 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.119 km NW of Gönen, Turkey · 12060 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.82 km SSE of Celâliye, Turkey · 12061 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.111 km ENE of Çan, Turkey · 12063 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.020 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12063 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.112 km ENE of Çan, Turkey · 12064 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 12064 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.823 km SSW of Kumburgaz, Turkey · 12065 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 12066 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.920 km NE of Hamdibey, Turkey · 12068 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.719 km SW of Marmara, Turkey · 12069 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000625a. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.