M3.7 earthquake 15 km WNW of Behram, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Behram, Turkey on Tue, Oct 30, 1990, 4:40 PM GMT+2 (14:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 10 km N of Karaburun, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-30 14:40:02 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.521° N, 26.162° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.910 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 13120 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.019 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 13119 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.39 km SE of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 13119 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.617 km NW of Bergama, Turkey · 13110 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.916 km N of Geyikli, Turkey · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.111 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 13096 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.615 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 13090 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.17 km ENE of Míthymna, Greece · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.93 km E of Behram, Turkey · 13070 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Polichnítos, Greece · 13068 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.616 km W of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 13067 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.019 km NW of Foça, Turkey · 13065 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.130 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.314 km W of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.810 km E of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.238 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 13124 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Çan, Turkey · 13140 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.313 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13147 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.918 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13148 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.933 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 13149 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004gbn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC.