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M2.9 earthquake 2 km SSW of Yenifoça, Turkey

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Yenifoça, Turkey on Sun, Jan 16, 2005, 10:36 PM GMT+2 (20:36 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 9 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-16 20:36:52 UTC
Depth
29.2 km (18.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.714° N, 26.827° 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 usp000ddgh. 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
188°, 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.39 km NNE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7927 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.511 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7925 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.07 km NE of Menemen, Turkey · 7924 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.59 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7915 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.527 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7910 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.36 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7908 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.55 km NE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7893 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 3.01 km SSE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7887 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.310 km ESE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7886 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 3.016 km ENE of Menemen, Turkey · 7886 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 3.45 km SE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7885 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 3.47 km SSE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7884 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 3.510 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7881 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 3.87 km NE of Kokkári, Greece · 7868 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 3.013 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7928 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.18 km NNE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7931 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.35 km ENE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7931 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.37 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7936 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.23 km WSW of Foça, Turkey · 7938 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 3.419 km S of Thymianá, Greece · 7942 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.318 km NNE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7943 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.810 km SSE of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7943 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.42 km NNE of Foça, Turkey · 7943 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 3.74 km S of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7943 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ddgh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.