M2.9 earthquake 25 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 25 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey on Fri, May 13, 2005, 3:07 AM GMT+3 (00:07 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 24 km NNE of Gökçeada, 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
- 2005-05-13 00:07:15 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.430° N, 25.920° 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 usp000dqng. 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
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.936 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7809 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.323 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7798 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.331 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 7795 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 7794 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.924 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7791 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 3.323 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7813 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.133 km S of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7816 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.518 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7816 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7826 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.035 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7830 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dqng. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.