M3.0 earthquake Western Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in Western Turkey on Tue, Mar 30, 1999, 10:47 PM GMT+3 (19:47 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 10 km SW of Baklan, 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
- 1999-03-30 19:47:55 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.075° N, 28.966° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.08 km SSE of Kavakl?dere, Turkey · 10000 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Kavakl?dere, Turkey · 10000 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.828 km S of Kale, Turkey · 9998 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Baklan, Turkey · 9995 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.024 km SSW of Nikfer, Turkey · 9994 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 2.912 km SSE of Babada?, Turkey · 10051 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.95 km WSW of Buharkent, Turkey · 10052 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.39 km S of Bölme, Turkey · 10059 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.110 km N of Honaz, Turkey · 10068 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.35 km NNE of Serinhisar, Turkey · 10068 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Pazarlar, Turkey · 10072 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00095gp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.