M2.8 earthquake 27 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 27 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey on Sun, May 9, 1999, 1:01 PM GMT+3 (10:01 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 31 km SSE of Enez, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-05-09 10:01:53 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.406° N, 26.224° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.231 km SSE of Enez, Turkey · 10009 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.925 km S of Enez, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.035 km SW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9973 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.011 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 9971 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.612 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 9967 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Biga, Turkey · 9966 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.626 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 9951 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00097nd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.