M3.9 earthquake 5 km WSW of Buharkent, Turkey
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Buharkent, Turkey on Sun, Mar 28, 1999, 2:10 AM GMT+3 (23:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 32 km N of Ortaca, 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-03-27 23:10:08 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.943° N, 28.691° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.912 km SSE of Babada?, Turkey · 10052 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.232 km N of Ortaca, Turkey · 10051 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.0Western Turkey · 10049 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.34 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 10040 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.815 km WSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 10034 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.910 km SW of Turgut, Turkey · 10018 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Kavakl?dere, Turkey · 10000 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Kavakl?dere, Turkey · 10000 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.828 km S of Kale, Turkey · 9998 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.613 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 9997 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Baklan, Turkey · 9995 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.024 km SSW of Nikfer, Turkey · 9994 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00095ae. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC.