Turkey earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 3 km NE of S?nd?rg?, Turkey

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km NE of S?nd?rg?, Turkey on Fri, Feb 20, 2004, 10:49 PM GMT+2 (20:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km SSE of Gönen, 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
2004-02-20 20:49:13 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.262° N, 28.214° 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 usp000cmpz. 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.08 km SSE of Gönen, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.94 km W of Soma, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.79 km SE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.615 km WSW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.914 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8256 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.99 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 8256 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.74 km ESE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 8255 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 2.93 km E of Soma, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 3.013 km ESE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.520 km ESE of Mustafakemalpa?a, Turkey · 8263 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.918 km NE of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 8263 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.8Western Turkey · 8263 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.919 km ENE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8263 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.87 km SSW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 8263 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 3.121 km NNE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8265 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.76 km NNE of Ala?ehir, Turkey · 8265 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 3.018 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8268 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.79 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8272 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmpz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC.