M3.0 earthquake 11 km N of Ye?ilova, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 11 km N of Ye?ilova, Turkey on Mon, Feb 26, 2001, 12:09 PM GMT+2 (10:09 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km SSE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-26 10:09:40 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.615° N, 29.748° 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.29 km SSE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1Western Turkey · 9301 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aae5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC.