M3.1 earthquake 10 km N of Honaz, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 10 km N of Honaz, Turkey on Thu, Mar 11, 1999, 6:33 PM GMT+2 (16:33 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-03-11 16:33:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.856° N, 29.272° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.39 km S of Bölme, Turkey · 10059 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.95 km WSW of Buharkent, Turkey · 10051 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.912 km SSE of Babada?, Turkey · 10051 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.232 km N of Ortaca, Turkey · 10050 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0Western Turkey · 10049 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 3.35 km NNE of Serinhisar, Turkey · 10068 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.211 km ENE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 10069 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.122 km NNE of Ortaca, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.09 km SSE of Honaz, Turkey · 10091 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.37 km WSW of Dinar, Turkey · 10092 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00094ap. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.