M2.8 earthquake 17 km S of Milas, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 17 km S of Milas, Turkey on Sat, May 1, 1999, 3:17 AM GMT+3 (00:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km SE of Milas, 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
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-05-01 00:17:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.161° N, 27.792° 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: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.910 km SW of Turgut, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.710 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10016 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.84 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10016 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.87 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10016 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.28 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 10016 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.711 km SSW of Milas, Turkey · 10016 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.37 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.812 km NE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.712 km SW of Milas, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.717 km E of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.29 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10013 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.89 km SW of Didim, Turkey · 10012 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.812 km S of Sými, Greece · 10004 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Kavakl?dere, Turkey · 9999 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Kavakl?dere, Turkey · 9999 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.70 km SW of Milas, Turkey · 9998 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.828 km S of Kale, Turkey · 9997 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.18 km NE of Ortaca, Turkey · 9997 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.612 km ENE of Vathý, Greece · 9997 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.31 km ESE of Pylí, Greece · 9996 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.610 km ENE of Kos, Greece · 9996 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.06 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 9996 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.613 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 9996 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.98 km ESE of Milas, Turkey · 9996 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.713 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 9995 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.311 km S of Milas, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.811 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.812 km S of Milas, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.611 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.310 km ESE of Milas, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.014 km S of Milas, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.94 km SSE of Söke, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.010 km E of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 9988 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.110 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 9988 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.77 km WNW of Sar?kemer, Turkey · 9983 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.611 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 9982 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.47 km ESE of Çine, Turkey · 9977 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.720 km E of Agía Marína, Greece · 9966 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.515 km E of Didim, Turkey · 9965 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
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