M3.9 earthquake 18 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey on Wed, Oct 3, 1990, 9:41 PM GMT+2 (19:41 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 34 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-03 19:41:49 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.325° N, 25.762° 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.313 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13147 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.034 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.234 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.730 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.733 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13143 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.533 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13143 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.129 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13143 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.936 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13143 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.211 km E of Samothráki, Greece · 13141 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.922 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13140 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.314 km W of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.130 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.715 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13121 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.916 km N of Geyikli, Turkey · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.422 km S of Enez, Turkey · 13105 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.437 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 13101 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004fba. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC.