M3.0 earthquake 9 km SSE of Honaz, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Honaz, Turkey on Tue, Feb 16, 1999, 12:08 PM GMT+2 (10:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 32 km N of Ortaca, 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
- 1999-02-16 10:08:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.681° N, 29.326° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.725 km ENE of Karg?, Turkey · 10081 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.122 km NNE of Ortaca, Turkey · 10075 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.211 km ENE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 10071 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.35 km NNE of Serinhisar, Turkey · 10069 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.110 km N of Honaz, Turkey · 10069 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.39 km S of Bölme, Turkey · 10061 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.95 km WSW of Buharkent, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.912 km SSE of Babada?, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.232 km N of Ortaca, Turkey · 10052 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.0Western Turkey · 10050 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00092wz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC.