M2.6 earthquake 7 km ESE of Band?rma, Turkey
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Band?rma, Turkey on Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 6:48 PM GMT+2 (16:48 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 41 km N of Karacabey, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-30 16:48:31 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.321° N, 28.052° 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 usp000f1bf. 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
- 177°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.512 km NW of Erdek, Turkey · 7216 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7216 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.110 km ENE of Mudanya, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.915 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 7201 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.511 km NNW of Band?rma, Turkey · 7190 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.041 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 7187 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.713 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 7179 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 7176 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.840 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 7174 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.414 km W of Erdek, Turkey · 7169 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 2.510 km NE of Mudanya, Turkey · 7222 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Mudanya, Turkey · 7223 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.56 km S of Kirazl?, Turkey · 7223 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.620 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 7227 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.66 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7239 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.68 km N of Çan, Turkey · 7242 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.820 km NE of Karacabey, Turkey · 7242 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f1bf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC.