M2.8 earthquake 3 km SSW of Soma, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Soma, Turkey on Fri, May 21, 2004, 10:30 AM GMT+3 (07:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km SSE of Foça, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-21 07:30:17 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.153° N, 27.601° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- 151°
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.09 km SW of Soma, Turkey · 8167 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.911 km SSE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8167 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.911 km SSW of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.810 km WSW of Manyas, Turkey · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.97 km W of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 8162 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 8160 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.821 km ENE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8159 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8159 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.75 km SE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 8157 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.515 km W of ?zmir, Turkey · 8141 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.617 km SSE of Foça, Turkey · 8135 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvrh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.