M3.8 earthquake 18 km NW of Behram, Turkey
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Behram, Turkey on Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 12:49 AM GMT+2 (22:49 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 28 km SSW of Bozcaada, 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 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-02-21 22:49:39 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.608° N, 26.184° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Edremit and Ezine.
From the USGS event page for usp0009ntd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.531 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 9694 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.413 km NW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 9687 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.928 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009ntd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC.