M2.7 earthquake 9 km SW of Kocadere, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Kocadere, Turkey on Thu, Feb 22, 2001, 11:25 PM GMT+2 (21:25 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km WNW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-22 21:25:40 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.576° N, 28.948° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.618 km ENE of Marmara, Turkey · 9351 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.62 km NNE of Kocadere, Turkey · 9350 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.88 km WNW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey · 9349 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Hamzabey, Turkey · 9348 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.611 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 9347 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Kocadere, Turkey · 9347 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.810 km NNE of Mudanya, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Gebze, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Kur?unlu, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.515 km ESE of Band?rma, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.710 km SW of Mudanya, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.71 km ESE of Umurbey, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.68 km SSW of Band?rma, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aa5f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC.