M2.9 earthquake 13 km SE of Kumba?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 13 km SE of Kumba?, Turkey on Tue, Mar 30, 1999, 2:42 PM GMT+3 (11:42 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km ESE of Biga, 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
- 1999-03-30 11:42:37 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.797° N, 27.569° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.612 km NNE of Erdek, Turkey · 10040 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.69 km ESE of Biga, Turkey · 10040 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Çanta, Turkey · 10039 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.111 km SE of Marmara, Turkey · 10013 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.810 km ENE of Erdek, Turkey · 10013 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.810 km N of Marmara, Turkey · 10002 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.715 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 10000 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.713 km NE of Manyas, Turkey · 9998 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Manyas, Turkey · 9996 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.723 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9990 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.720 km S of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.524 km SSE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 3.120 km SE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 10051 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.816 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.010 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 10056 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.62 km WSW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 10062 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.71 km NNE of Muratbey, Turkey · 10063 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.925 km NNE of Erdek, Turkey · 10066 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.15 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 10066 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.55 km N of Erdek, Turkey · 10067 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 10074 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00095g0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.