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M2.6 earthquake 13 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey on Thu, May 20, 2004, 7:28 AM GMT+3 (04:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 28 km ENE of Gelibolu, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-05-20 04:28:49 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.782° N, 27.547° 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 usp000cvmq. 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
185°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.48 km NNE of Marmara, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.68 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.84 km W of Çorlu, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.814 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.810 km WSW of Manyas, Turkey · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.117 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 8163 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.79 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 8162 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.112 km SW of Band?rma, Turkey · 8161 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.712 km NE of Biga, Turkey · 8159 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.814 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.722 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.722 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.56 km NNW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8157 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.612 km S of Kumba?, Turkey · 8153 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.628 km ENE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 8138 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvmq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.