M2.1 earthquake 17 km W of Erdek, Turkey
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km W of Erdek, Turkey on Wed, May 26, 2004, 3:30 PM GMT+3 (12:30 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 28 km ENE of Gelibolu, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-26 12:30:23 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.413° N, 27.588° 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 usp000cw99. 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
- 103°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.79 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 8162 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.112 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 8161 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.712 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 8159 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.814 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.722 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 8158 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.722 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8157 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.612 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 8153 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.628 km ENE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 8138 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 2.810 km WSW of Manyas, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.814 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.419 km NW of Mudanya, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.721 km W of Mudanya, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.84 km W of Çorlu, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Marmara, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cw99. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.