M2.6 earthquake 23 km SSE of Keles, Turkey
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23 km SSE of Keles, Turkey on Sat, Feb 24, 2001, 1:30 PM GMT+2 (11:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 12 km NE of Gediz, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-24 11:30:10 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.711° N, 29.296° 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.88 km WNW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey · 9349 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Hamzabey, Turkey · 9348 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.810 km NNE of Mudanya, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.724 km N of Demirci, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.714 km NNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Bozüyük, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Kur?unlu, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.710 km SW of Mudanya, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.88 km WSW of Pazarlar, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.71 km ESE of Umurbey, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Simav, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.512 km NE of Gediz, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.815 km ENE of Gediz, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.914 km NE of Gediz, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.616 km NNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.712 km NNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aa8r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:57 AM UTC.