M2.9 earthquake 30 km NE of Datça, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 30 km NE of Datça, Turkey on Tue, Oct 26, 2004, 9:45 PM GMT+3 (18:45 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 19 km WSW of Ula, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-10-26 18:45:28 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.960° N, 27.880° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000d74y. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 213°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.114 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 8009 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.120 km WSW of Sými, Greece · 8006 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.315 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 8002 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.114 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7999 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7995 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.511 km ESE of Afántou, Greece · 7994 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.114 km NNW of Ialysós, Greece · 7993 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.620 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7993 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.915 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7993 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.018 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7993 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.828 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7991 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7986 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.318 km ENE of Ula, Turkey · 7972 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.216 km S of Milas, Turkey · 7970 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.04 km SSE of Ula, Turkey · 7970 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.125 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 7970 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.07 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 7965 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.011 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7965 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7963 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.419 km WSW of Ula, Turkey · 7954 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.219 km WSW of Ula, Turkey · 7954 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.210 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7954 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.18 km W of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7954 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.113 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7954 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.213 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7954 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.222 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7953 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.419 km WSW of Ula, Turkey · 7953 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.515 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7953 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.411 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7953 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.511 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7953 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.38 km WSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7953 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.58 km W of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7952 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.114 km SSE of Archángelos, Greece · 8010 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.227 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8012 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.22 km S of Bozarmut, Turkey · 8012 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.116 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 8013 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.414 km ENE of Mandráki, Greece · 8015 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.818 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 8015 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.414 km N of Datça, Turkey · 8021 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.220 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 8022 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.415 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 8023 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.026 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 8024 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.015 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 8024 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.719 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 8024 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.119 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8027 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.419 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 8035 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.232 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8037 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000d74y. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.