M3.0 earthquake 17 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey on Tue, Oct 26, 1999, 11:28 AM GMT+3 (08:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 13 km NNE of Marmara, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-10-26 08:28:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.746° N, 27.563° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.814 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 9836 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.914 km SSE of Beylikdüzü, Turkey · 9823 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.812 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 9809 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.913 km NNE of Marmara, Turkey · 9802 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009gmh. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC.