M2.9 earthquake 25 km S of Enez, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 25 km S of Enez, Turkey on Wed, May 26, 1999, 1:09 PM GMT+3 (10:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 Western 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
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-05-26 10:09:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.494° N, 26.096° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.035 km SW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9974 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.612 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 9968 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Biga, Turkey · 9967 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Geyikli, Turkey · 9949 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.717 km ENE of Ezine, Turkey · 9947 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.226 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9946 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.9Western Turkey · 9944 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9944 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.25 km SSE of Ezine, Turkey · 9934 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00098t6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.