M2.6 earthquake 6 km WSW of Sö?ütlü, Turkey
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Sö?ütlü, Turkey on Tue, Mar 23, 1999, 12:09 PM GMT+2 (10:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 1 km WSW of Derince, 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
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-03-23 10:09:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.888° N, 30.405° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.44 km NW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 10056 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Sapanca, Turkey · 10056 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.40 km W of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 10054 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.73 km S of Yuvac?k, Turkey · 10018 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km S of Sultanbeyli, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Kullar, Turkey · 10016 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Akyaz?, Turkey · 10009 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Köseköy, Turkey · 10002 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.01 km WSW of Derince, Turkey · 9999 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 3.116 km ESE of Küplü, Turkey · 10058 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Balç?k, Turkey · 10058 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.52 km WNW of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 10068 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.01 km N of Kar??yaka, Turkey · 10068 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.51 km W of Bahçecik, Turkey · 10068 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.613 km NE of Sultanbeyli, Turkey · 10073 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of Gölcük, Turkey · 10083 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009516. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC.