Turkey earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 16 km W of Marmara, Turkey

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16 km W of Marmara, Turkey on Sat, Apr 21, 2001, 3:08 AM GMT+3 (00:08 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 28 km NNW of Biga, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-04-21 00:08:28 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.602° N, 27.361° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.619 km ESE of Tekirda?, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.68 km SSW of Band?rma, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.712 km NE of Balya, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.79 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 3.128 km NNW of Biga, Turkey · 9254 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.724 km E of Gelibolu, Turkey · 9253 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.312 km SSW of Biga, Turkey · 9252 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.518 km SE of Biga, Turkey · 9250 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.821 km N of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 9250 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.711 km S of Marmara, Turkey · 9249 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.623 km ESE of Çanakkale, Turkey · 9249 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.5Western Turkey · 9248 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.723 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 3.018 km NNE of Marmara, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.515 km ESE of Band?rma, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.69 km NE of Gönen, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000adq6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.