M2.9 earthquake 3 km WNW of Yeni?akran, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Yeni?akran, Turkey on Mon, Feb 9, 2004, 11:30 PM GMT+2 (21:30 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 18 km W of Çandarl?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-09 21:30:55 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.901° N, 27.027° 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 usp000ckuu. 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
- 225°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.219 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8267 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.018 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8266 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.84 km ESE of Menemen, Turkey · 8263 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.121 km NNE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8263 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.120 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.63 km S of Manisa, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.919 km ENE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 8261 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.918 km NE of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 8261 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.93 km E of Soma, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.94 km W of Soma, Turkey · 8258 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8255 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.914 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.99 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.113 km ENE of Pámfila, Greece · 8250 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.118 km W of Çandarl?, Turkey · 8227 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 8212 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ckuu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC.