M3.8 earthquake 28 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 28 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey on Sun, Jul 29, 1984, 3:17 PM GMT+3 (12:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 27 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
- 3.8 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-07-29 12:17:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.453° N, 25.877° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.816 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 15395 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.027 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 15395 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.720 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 15395 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.623 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 15347 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.528 km SSW of Enez, Turkey · 15395 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.526 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 15395 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.622 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 15396 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.725 km SSW of Enez, Turkey · 15396 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.924 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 15396 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.414 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15424 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.79 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15424 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000262e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.