M3.3 earthquake 28 km SW of Çan, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 28 km SW of Çan, Turkey on Sat, Feb 28, 2004, 8:40 PM GMT+2 (18:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 7 km E of Behram, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-28 18:40:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.828° N, 26.844° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.113 km ENE of Pámfila, Greece · 8248 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.6Western Turkey · 8229 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.44 km NNW of Palaiókipos, Greece · 8198 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.42 km WNW of Pétra, Greece · 8198 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.36 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 8198 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.44 km WSW of Behram, Turkey · 8198 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.87 km E of Behram, Turkey · 8198 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Behram, Turkey · 8198 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.41 km WNW of Pétra, Greece · 8198 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 2.99 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 8252 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.914 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.022 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.94 km W of Soma, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Gönen, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.93 km E of Soma, Turkey · 8258 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.018 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8264 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.517 km S of Erdek, Turkey · 8268 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.79 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8269 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cnnb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.