M2.8 earthquake 8 km NW of Adapazar?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Adapazar?, Turkey on Fri, Sep 4, 1998, 9:27 AM GMT+3 (06:27 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 3 km NE of Köseköy, 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1998-09-04 06:27:47 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.829° N, 30.318° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.23 km NE of Köseköy, Turkey · 10257 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.74 km W of Sölöz, Turkey · 10245 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 10244 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Orhangazi, Turkey · 10242 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Kullar, Turkey · 10231 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.87 km ESE of ?znik, Turkey · 10230 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.74 km SW of ?zmit, Turkey · 10203 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.97 km NNW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 10201 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0008ud9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.