M3.8 earthquake 37 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 37 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey on Wed, Sep 9, 1992, 2:11 PM GMT+3 (11:11 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 42 km WNW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-09-09 11:11:03 UTC
- Depth
- 11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.780° N, 25.632° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.039 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 12429 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.536 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 12423 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.214 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12419 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.837 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 12419 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.242 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 12398 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.549 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 12397 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.222 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 12394 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.744 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 12386 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.19 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 12386 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005dsf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.