M2.7 earthquake 2 km NW of Çanta, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Çanta, Turkey on Fri, Apr 9, 1999, 6:34 PM GMT+3 (15:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 17 km SSE of Yakuplu, 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
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-04-09 15:34:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.098° N, 28.059° 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.111 km SE of Marmara, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.810 km ENE of Erdek, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.612 km NE of Arnavutköy, Turkey · 10005 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.810 km N of Marmara, Turkey · 10003 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.715 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 10001 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.723 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9991 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.720 km S of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9991 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.524 km SSE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9990 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.818 km SSW of Bahçelievler, Turkey · 9990 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.217 km SSE of Yakuplu, Turkey · 9990 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.714 km SSW of Bahçelievler, Turkey · 9990 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.519 km SSE of Yakuplu, Turkey · 9990 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of Bahçelievler, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.716 km SSE of Yakuplu, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.110 km S of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9987 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.77 km E of Arnavutköy, Turkey · 9984 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.79 km ESE of Marmara, Turkey · 9984 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.815 km E of Marmara, Turkey · 9983 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.816 km S of Erdek, Turkey · 9982 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.631 km NE of Karacaköy, Turkey · 9981 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 2.612 km NNE of Erdek, Turkey · 10041 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.913 km SE of Kumba?, Turkey · 10050 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.53 km W of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 10051 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.120 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 10052 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.68 km N of Mudanya, Turkey · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.611 km NNW of Mudanya, Turkey · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.816 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.010 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 10057 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.62 km WSW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 10063 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.71 km NNE of Muratbey, Turkey · 10064 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.64 km NW of ?i?li, Turkey · 10064 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Kocadere, Turkey · 10065 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.925 km NNE of Erdek, Turkey · 10067 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.15 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 10067 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.55 km N of Erdek, Turkey · 10068 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009611. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.