M4.1 earthquake 15 km SSW of Didim, Turkey
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Didim, Turkey on Wed, Mar 3, 1999, 6:28 AM GMT+2 (04:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 33 km E of Astypálaia, Greece. 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-03-03 04:28:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.260° N, 27.169° 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.08 km NNE of Mandráki, Greece · 10066 days ago · 156 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.619 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 10054 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.220 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.74 km NW of Yata?an, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.813 km ESE of Milas, Turkey · 10050 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.615 km SSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 10045 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.333 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 10040 days ago · 160 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.34 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 10040 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.530 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 10039 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Datça, Turkey · 10037 days ago · 107 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.815 km WSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 10034 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.110 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.817 km S of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.910 km SW of Turgut, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.710 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.84 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.87 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.28 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.711 km SSW of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00093s1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC.