M2.7 earthquake 23 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey on Fri, Apr 20, 2001, 6:54 PM GMT+3 (15:54 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 28 km NNW of Biga, 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
- 2001-04-20 15:54:33 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.684° N, 27.313° 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
- 6
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.316 km W of Marmara, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.619 km ESE of Tekirda?, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.68 km SSW of Band?rma, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.712 km NE of Balya, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.79 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.128 km NNW of Biga, Turkey · 9254 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.724 km E of Gelibolu, Turkey · 9253 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.312 km SSW of Biga, Turkey · 9252 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.518 km SE of Biga, Turkey · 9250 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.711 km S of Marmara, Turkey · 9249 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.623 km ESE of Çanakkale, Turkey · 9249 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000adpc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC.