M2.8 earthquake 12 km NW of Velime?e, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 12 km NW of Velime?e, Turkey on Fri, Aug 27, 1993, 4:48 PM GMT+3 (13:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 20 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-08-27 13:48:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.331° N, 27.767° 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: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.74 km E of Çatalca, Turkey · 12084 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Marmara, Turkey · 12082 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.75 km S of Arnavutköy, Turkey · 12074 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.82 km ESE of Çatalca, Turkey · 12074 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.814 km SSW of Kumburgaz, Turkey · 12072 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.617 km S of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12071 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 12066 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.823 km SSW of Kumburgaz, Turkey · 12065 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 12064 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.020 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12063 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.715 km SSE of Beylikdüzü, Turkey · 12063 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.718 km S of Beylikdüzü, Turkey · 12063 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.71 km NNE of Çatalca, Turkey · 12063 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.72 km ENE of Muratbey, Turkey · 12061 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.82 km SSE of Celâliye, Turkey · 12061 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.815 km NE of Üsküp, Turkey · 12061 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.523 km E of Kumba?, Turkey · 12060 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.624 km ESE of Kumba?, Turkey · 12059 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.02 km SSW of Üsküp, Turkey · 12055 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.82 km NNE of Muratbey, Turkey · 12054 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Erdek, Turkey · 12053 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.70 km N of Arnavutköy, Turkey · 12050 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.614 km E of Marmara, Turkey · 12049 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Ba?ak?ehir, Turkey · 12049 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.72 km WNW of Muratbey, Turkey · 12047 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Sultangazi, Turkey · 12047 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.61 km NNW of Merter Keresteciler, Turkey · 12047 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 12045 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.624 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12043 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Vize, Turkey · 12043 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 12042 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.75 km N of Sultangazi, Turkey · 12041 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.814 km S of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12041 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.615 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 12041 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Esenyurt, Turkey · 12036 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.06 km S of Üsküp, Turkey · 12036 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Üsküp, Turkey · 12033 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 2.614 km NNE of Band?rma, Turkey · 12093 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.68 km SW of Boyal?k, Turkey · 12095 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Çatalca, Turkey · 12096 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.81 km WNW of Muratbey, Turkey · 12099 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.78 km W of Marmara, Turkey · 12101 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Muratbey, Turkey · 12101 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.44 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 12103 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.81 km SSE of Celâliye, Turkey · 12106 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.71 km SSW of Bahçelievler, Turkey · 12108 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.719 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.019 km SSE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.124 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.71 km N of Esenyurt, Turkey · 12110 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.75 km W of Ba?ak?ehir, Turkey · 12121 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005zb6. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.