Turkey earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 3 km ESE of Derince, Turkey

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Derince, Turkey on Mon, Jan 4, 1999, 7:26 AM GMT+2 (05:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 1 km SSE of Derince, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-01-04 05:26:36 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.744° N, 29.847° E
Region
Turkey
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.95 km WSW of Demirta?, Turkey · 10132 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.53 km E of ?hsaniye, Turkey · 10126 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.912 km N of Yenice, Turkey · 10124 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.01 km SSE of Derince, Turkey · 10119 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.67 km SSW of Umurbey, Turkey · 10107 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.79 km NNE of Koruköy, Turkey · 10102 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.912 km SW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 10100 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.611 km NW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 10100 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.65 km SSE of Sultanbeyli, Turkey · 10099 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.63 km NNW of Bahçecik, Turkey · 10095 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.83 km ENE of Gölcük, Turkey · 10083 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.75 km NE of Umurbey, Turkey · 10082 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.77 km N of Yenice, Turkey · 10081 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.64 km ESE of Demirta?, Turkey · 10080 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.611 km NNW of Kocadere, Turkey · 10080 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 3.18 km NNE of Hendek, Turkey · 10137 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.72 km N of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.87 km WSW of Bursa, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.80 km N of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.81 km WSW of Kullar, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.75 km WSW of ?hsaniye, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 3.42 km WSW of Kullar, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.81 km NE of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.610 km WSW of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.84 km NW of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 10163 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00090kr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.