M2.6 earthquake 2 km NNE of Kocadere, Turkey
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Kocadere, Turkey on Mon, Feb 26, 2001, 12:18 PM GMT+2 (10:18 UTC), 12 km (7 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
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-26 10:18:43 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.648° N, 29.039° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.88 km WNW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey · 9349 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Hamzabey, Turkey · 9348 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.611 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 9348 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Kocadere, Turkey · 9348 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.810 km NNE of Mudanya, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Gebze, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Kur?unlu, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.515 km ESE of Band?rma, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.710 km SW of Mudanya, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.71 km ESE of Umurbey, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 2.79 km SW of Kocadere, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.72 km N of Koruköy, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Kocadere, Turkey · 9355 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.88 km SSW of Kocadere, Turkey · 9355 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.610 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 9355 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.710 km NW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9356 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aae6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.