M2.8 earthquake 7 km ENE of Sancaktepe, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Sancaktepe, Turkey on Sat, May 22, 2004, 1:02 PM GMT+3 (10:02 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 2 km WNW of Gemlik, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-22 10:02:30 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.029° N, 29.319° 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 usp000cvvr. 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
- 129°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.97 km SSE of Sölöz, Turkey · 8167 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Sancaktepe, Turkey · 8166 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.721 km W of Mudanya, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.419 km NW of Mudanya, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Sultangazi, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.53 km S of Kad?köy, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 8165 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.72 km WNW of Gemlik, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.61 km E of Kullar, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Sancaktepe, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 2.51 km WSW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.87 km N of Geyve, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.63 km ENE of Gebze, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Sancaktepe, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.617 km SSW of Mudanya, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Sultangazi, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.31 km E of Gebze, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.43 km NE of Sultangazi, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.43 km N of Çiftlikköy, Turkey · 8173 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvvr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC.