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M2.5 earthquake 2 km WSW of Tav?anl?, Turkey

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Tav?anl?, Turkey on Fri, Feb 20, 2004, 2:04 PM GMT+2 (12:04 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km N of Çatalca, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-02-20 12:04:03 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.812° N, 29.488° 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 usp000cmp4. 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
138°
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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km N of Çatalca, Turkey · 8259 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.43 km NNW of Yalova, Turkey · 8256 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.61 km ENE of Kocadere, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.64 km ESE of Kocadere, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 2.32 km SSW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 8259 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.5Western Turkey · 8260 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.8Western Turkey · 8260 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.64 km SSE of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.63 km NE of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.82 km WSW of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.67 km NNE of Kocadere, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.73 km E of Kocadere, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.74 km N of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.6Western Turkey · 8269 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmp4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.