M2.8 earthquake 1 km NE of Sar?göl, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km NE of Sar?göl, Turkey on Wed, Mar 3, 1993, 2:44 PM GMT+2 (12:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 15 km SSW of Salihli, 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
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-03-03 12:44:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.249° N, 28.712° 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.315 km SSW of Salihli, Turkey · 12263 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.014 km ENE of Demirci, Turkey · 12263 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.05 km WSW of Kaymakç?, Turkey · 12260 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.513 km N of Gördes, Turkey · 12255 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.39 km NE of Buldan, Turkey · 12242 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.76 km NE of Demirci, Turkey · 12238 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.28 km E of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 12234 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.910 km NE of Demirci, Turkey · 12229 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.29 km E of Pamukkale, Turkey · 12227 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.08 km WNW of Bölme, Turkey · 12221 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 3.113 km NNE of Ödemi?, Turkey · 12269 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.07 km NW of Ulubey, Turkey · 12269 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.612 km NW of Kiraz, Turkey · 12270 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.81 km S of Kaymakç?, Turkey · 12270 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Ahmetli, Turkey · 12272 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005nxp. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.