M2.8 earthquake 7 km SSW of Sevinç, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Sevinç, Turkey on Wed, May 26, 2004, 1:12 PM GMT+3 (10:12 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km SSE of Karapürçek, 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
- 2004-05-26 10:12:59 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.717° N, 30.661° 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 usp000cw8v. 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
- 176°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.023 km WNW of ?hsaniye, Turkey · 8162 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.613 km SSW of Domaniç, Turkey · 8159 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.16 km W of Sevinç, Turkey · 8158 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.015 km SSE of Karapürçek, Turkey · 8157 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cw8v. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC.