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M2.7 earthquake 5 km W of Marmara, Turkey

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km W of Marmara, Turkey on Fri, Jan 2, 2004, 9:18 AM GMT+2 (07:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 23 km W of Marmara, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-01-02 07:18:46 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.594° N, 27.492° 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 usp000cgu8. 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
189°, 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.924 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 8308 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.816 km SSW of Erdek, Turkey · 8307 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.722 km ENE of Marmara, Turkey · 8306 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.027 km NNE of Karacabey, Turkey · 8304 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.723 km W of Marmara, Turkey · 8281 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.512 km NNW of Erdek, Turkey · 8269 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.517 km S of Erdek, Turkey · 8268 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.714 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8267 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.812 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 8264 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.77 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 3.08 km SSE of Gönen, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 3.022 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 2.714 km SW of Susurluk, Turkey · 8308 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cgu8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.