M2.4 earthquake 3 km NNW of Yalova, Turkey
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Yalova, Turkey on Mon, Feb 23, 2004, 3:48 AM GMT+2 (01:48 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 1 km ENE of Kocadere, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-23 01:48:36 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.687° N, 29.266° 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
- 160°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.61 km ENE of Kocadere, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Kocadere, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.615 km WSW of Kar?ncal?, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 2.66 km N of Çatalca, Turkey · 8258 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 8258 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.32 km SSW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 8259 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5Western Turkey · 8259 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 8259 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.82 km WSW of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.67 km NNE of Kocadere, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.73 km E of Kocadere, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.74 km N of Ç?narc?k, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.6Western Turkey · 8269 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmus. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC.