M2.7 earthquake 7 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey on Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 1:46 AM GMT+2 (23:46 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-17 23:46:46 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.609° N, 27.469° 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 usp000cmen. 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
- 102°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.08 km SSE of Gönen, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.022 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.6Western Turkey · 8229 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.812 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 8264 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.714 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 8267 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.517 km S of Erdek, Turkey · 8268 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.512 km NNW of Erdek, Turkey · 8269 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.723 km W of Marmara, Turkey · 8281 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmen. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.