M3.0 earthquake 21 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 21 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey on Sat, Mar 27, 1999, 7:50 PM GMT+2 (17:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km ESE of Biga, 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
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-03-27 17:50:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.348° N, 26.225° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.226 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10049 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.69 km ESE of Biga, Turkey · 10040 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.421 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10040 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.325 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10040 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.926 km S of Kamariótissa, Greece · 10040 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.231 km S of Enez, Turkey · 10039 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.030 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 10039 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.117 km WSW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10039 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.229 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10039 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.827 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 10009 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.231 km SSE of Enez, Turkey · 10009 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.925 km S of Enez, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 3.435 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 10055 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.123 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10057 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.712 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10073 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.514 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey · 10073 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.820 km ENE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10073 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.3Western Turkey · 10073 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.224 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10073 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.8Western Turkey · 10073 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.521 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10073 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.121 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.119 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.97 km ENE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.714 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Ezine, Turkey · 10079 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.719 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10079 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.022 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10079 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.022 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10079 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.922 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10079 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.814 km W of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10079 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.620 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 10079 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000959v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.