M3.1 earthquake 2 km ENE of Ku?adas?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Ku?adas?, Turkey on Sun, Feb 28, 1999, 2:03 AM GMT+2 (00:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 20 km SSE of Milas, 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
- 1999-02-28 00:03:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.866° N, 27.284° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.617 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 10077 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.115 km SSW of Didim, Turkey · 10076 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.68 km WNW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 10069 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.618 km NW of Urla, Turkey · 10064 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.514 km NNW of Urla, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.220 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.74 km NW of Yata?an, Turkey · 10053 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.813 km ESE of Milas, Turkey · 10050 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.615 km SSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 10046 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.613 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 10030 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00093kh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.