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M3.2 earthquake 16 km WSW of Bolu, Turkey

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Bolu, Turkey on Sat, Jan 8, 2000, 1:06 PM GMT+2 (11:06 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 28 km SW of Devrek, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2000-01-08 11:06:27 UTC
Depth
8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.691° N, 31.423° 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 Bolu and Duzce.

From the USGS event page for usp0009kwd. 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.319 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9753 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 3.46 km NNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9750 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.928 km SW of Devrek, Turkey · 9728 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.816 km NW of Yeniça?a, Turkey · 9728 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 3.219 km ESE of Alapl?, Turkey · 9725 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.87 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9716 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.08 km SE of Düzce, Turkey · 9767 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.93 km SSW of Hendek, Turkey · 9768 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.68 km NNE of Mudurnu, Turkey · 9771 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 3.69 km WSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9775 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.97 km WNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9784 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.66 km NNW of Karapürçek, Turkey · 9784 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.310 km E of Hendek, Turkey · 9784 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.912 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9785 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 3.513 km ENE of Düzce, Turkey · 9787 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.3Western Turkey · 9790 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 3.46 km S of Düzce, Turkey · 9792 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 3.011 km SSE of Hendek, Turkey · 9794 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009kwd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC.