M2.7 earthquake Western Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in Western Turkey on Sat, Jan 13, 2001, 5:23 PM GMT+2 (15:23 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 8 km E of Gönen, 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
- 2001-01-13 15:23:53 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.764° N, 27.664° 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
- 8
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
- 2.921 km NE of Marmara, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.015 km N of Marmara, Turkey · 9393 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.08 km E of Gönen, Turkey · 9375 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.222 km N of Biga, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.625 km WSW of Marmara, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.819 km N of Biga, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.824 km WSW of Marmara, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.0Western Turkey · 9353 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.510 km ESE of Marmara, Turkey · 9352 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.618 km ENE of Marmara, Turkey · 9351 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.710 km S of Biga, Turkey · 9350 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a7m0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.