M3.7 earthquake 19 km ENE of Biga, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 19 km ENE of Biga, Turkey on Sat, Dec 9, 2000, 5:37 PM GMT+2 (15:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 8 km E of Gönen, 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
- 2000-12-09 15:37:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.286° N, 27.453° 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
- Stations used
- 10
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.48 km NE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.815 km E of Marmara, Turkey · 9399 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 9395 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 9395 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.78 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 9394 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.921 km NE of Marmara, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.015 km N of Marmara, Turkey · 9393 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.08 km E of Gönen, Turkey · 9375 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a5s7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.