M2.8 earthquake 9 km NNW of Bigadiç, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Bigadiç, Turkey on Fri, Feb 23, 2001, 8:59 AM GMT+2 (06:59 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 20 km S of K?n?k, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2001-02-23 06:59:45 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.472° N, 28.086° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Western Turkey · 9352 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.88 km WNW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey · 9348 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 9347 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.920 km S of K?n?k, Turkey · 9315 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.724 km N of Demirci, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.915 km E of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Gönen, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.515 km ESE of Band?rma, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.88 km WSW of Pazarlar, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Simav, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.86 km W of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.712 km W of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.68 km SSW of Band?rma, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.712 km NE of Balya, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 2.75 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 9353 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.822 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9355 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9355 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.821 km WSW of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9355 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.522 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9355 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.66 km N of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 9356 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9366 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.08 km E of Gönen, Turkey · 9375 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aa63. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC.