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M2.8 earthquake 4 km ESE of Menemen, Turkey

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Menemen, Turkey on Tue, Feb 17, 2004, 12:20 AM GMT+2 (22:20 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 18 km W of Çandarl?, 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
2004-02-16 22:20:24 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.597° N, 27.117° 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 usp000cmc7. 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
232°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.121 km NNE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.012 km WNW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.120 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.23 km WNW of Kokkári, Greece · 8261 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.63 km S of Manisa, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.87 km SSW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.919 km ENE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.8Western Turkey · 8260 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.918 km NE of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.93 km E of Soma, Turkey · 8259 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.94 km W of Soma, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.79 km SE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.84 km SSW of Germencik, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.99 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 3.113 km ENE of Pámfila, Greece · 8248 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.118 km W of Çandarl?, Turkey · 8226 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 3.24 km SW of Germencik, Turkey · 8214 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 3.219 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8266 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.93 km WNW of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 8269 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.79 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8269 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.916 km NNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8270 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.77 km SW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 8271 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmc7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.