M3.5 earthquake 20 km SW of Bigadiç, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Bigadiç, Turkey on Mon, Nov 1, 1999, 12:56 AM GMT+2 (22:56 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-10-31 22:56:15 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.286° N, 27.933° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.616 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9834 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.2Western Turkey · 9831 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.019 km W of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9818 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.615 km SE of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 9795 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 3.27 km NE of Gömeç, Turkey · 9836 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Soma, Turkey · 9844 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.519 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9844 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Manyas, Turkey · 9852 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Akhisar, Turkey · 9858 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.715 km ENE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 9864 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009gwr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC.