M2.7 earthquake 12 km NE of Biga, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Biga, Turkey on Sun, May 30, 2004, 11:18 AM GMT+3 (08:18 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 16 km NW of Eceabat, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-30 08:18:40 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.295° N, 27.356° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.814 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.722 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.722 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8157 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.612 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 8152 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.716 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey · 8140 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.628 km ENE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 8138 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.918 km N of Eceabat, Turkey · 8134 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.112 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 8160 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.79 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 8161 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.117 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 8162 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.810 km WSW of Manyas, Turkey · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.814 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Marmara, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cwm7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.