M2.7 earthquake 14 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 14 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey on Thu, Feb 12, 2004, 5:17 AM GMT+2 (03:17 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 Western 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-12 03:17:09 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.760° N, 27.385° 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 usp000cm0v. 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
- 175°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.812 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 8264 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Gönen, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.022 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.6Western Turkey · 8230 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cm0v. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.