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M3.6 earthquake 9 km WSW of Düzce, Turkey

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Düzce, Turkey on Wed, Dec 29, 1999, 12:39 PM GMT+2 (10:39 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 28 km SW of Devrek, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-12-29 10:39:57 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.821° N, 31.050° E
Region
Turkey
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Duzce.

From the USGS event page for usp0009kec. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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

After

  1. 3.68 km NNE of Mudurnu, Turkey · 9773 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 3.93 km SSW of Hendek, Turkey · 9770 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.08 km SE of Düzce, Turkey · 9769 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 3.216 km WSW of Bolu, Turkey · 9767 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.319 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9755 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.46 km NNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9752 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 3.72 km NNW of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 9734 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.928 km SW of Devrek, Turkey · 9730 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.816 km NW of Yeniça?a, Turkey · 9730 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.219 km ESE of Alapl?, Turkey · 9727 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.06 km SSE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9720 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.87 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9718 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 2.97 km WNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9786 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.66 km NNW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9786 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.310 km E of Hendek, Turkey · 9786 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.912 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9786 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 3.513 km ENE of Düzce, Turkey · 9788 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.3Western Turkey · 9792 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.27 km E of Köseköy, Turkey · 9793 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.46 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9794 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.011 km SSE of Hendek, Turkey · 9796 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.115 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9806 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009kec. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC.