M2.7 earthquake 10 km NNW of Adapazar?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Adapazar?, Turkey on Mon, Apr 16, 2001, 5:30 PM GMT+3 (14:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 21 km ENE of Düzce, 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
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-16 14:30:26 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.865° N, 30.357° 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.
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.218 km SSE of Alapl?, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Gebze, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.50 km SSE of Hendek, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.721 km ENE of Düzce, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.818 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.514 km W of Düzce, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.59 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.510 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9255 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Adalar, Turkey · 9252 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 9250 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000adcd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.