M2.9 earthquake 20 km SW of Kumba?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Kumba?, Turkey on Tue, Mar 8, 2005, 9:00 PM GMT+2 (19:00 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km NW of Marmara, 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
- 2005-03-08 19:00:42 UTC
- Depth
- 17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.749° N, 27.299° 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 usp000dhtw. 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
- 145°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.119 km NW of Gönen, Turkey · 7870 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Çorlu, Turkey · 7863 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.816 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 7860 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.427 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 7852 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.84 km S of Gönen, Turkey · 7846 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.010 km WNW of Manyas, Turkey · 7819 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dhtw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.