M2.6 earthquake 1 km WSW of Erdek, Turkey
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Erdek, Turkey on Mon, Sep 21, 1998, 10:08 AM GMT+3 (07:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km E of Marmara, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1998-09-21 07:08:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.396° N, 27.780° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.114 km W of Bursa, Turkey · 10230 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.115 km S of Mudanya, Turkey · 10230 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.817 km NNW of Dursunbey, Turkey · 10204 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Karacabey, Turkey · 10204 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.88 km NE of Mudanya, Turkey · 10202 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.29 km E of Marmara, Turkey · 10201 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.53 km W of Karacabey, Turkey · 10199 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Marmara, Turkey · 10187 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.613 km WNW of Bursa, Turkey · 10181 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0008v9x. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.