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M2.8 earthquake 7 km N of Geyve, Turkey

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km N of Geyve, Turkey on Fri, May 21, 2004, 3:06 PM GMT+3 (12:06 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km SSE of Karapürçek, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-05-21 12:06:19 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.575° N, 30.293° 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 usp000cvs7. 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
161°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.51 km WSW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.87 km ENE of Sancaktepe, Turkey · 8167 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.97 km SSE of Sölöz, Turkey · 8167 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.811 km NE of Sancaktepe, Turkey · 8166 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.53 km S of Kad?köy, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.85 km WNW of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 3.72 km WNW of Gemlik, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.16 km W of Sevinç, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.61 km E of Kullar, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.610 km NE of Sancaktepe, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.015 km SSE of Karapürçek, Turkey · 8157 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 2.63 km ENE of Gebze, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.711 km NE of Sancaktepe, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.31 km E of Gebze, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.43 km N of Çiftlikköy, Turkey · 8173 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvs7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.