M3.4 earthquake 19 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 19 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey on Mon, Jan 28, 1991, 3:35 PM GMT+2 (13:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 37 km N of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-01-28 13:35:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.705° N, 25.924° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8Near the coast of western Turkey · 13018 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.224 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey · 13013 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 13013 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.917 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13011 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.419 km S of Eresós, Greece · 13010 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.227 km WNW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 13008 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.311 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 13006 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.533 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 12999 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.737 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 12999 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.540 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 13032 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.5Aegean Sea · 13036 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13040 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.418 km S of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13048 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Geyikli, Turkey · 13051 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004m99. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC.