M2.9 earthquake 13 km NW of Tav?anl?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Tav?anl?, Turkey on Sun, Dec 25, 2005, 2:05 PM GMT+2 (12:05 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 20 km E of Gediz, 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
- 2005-12-25 12:05:53 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.639° N, 29.413° 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 usp000e6v0. 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
- 98°
- 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.813 km WNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.921 km SSW of Dursunbey, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Domaniç, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.712 km NW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.710 km WNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.618 km NW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.82 km SW of Yeni?ehir, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.54 km E of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.812 km NNW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.615 km NW of Tav?anl?, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.018 km N of Demirci, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.920 km E of Gediz, Turkey · 7554 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6v0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC.