M3.0 earthquake 17 km NW of Bolu, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 17 km NW of Bolu, Turkey on Sun, Apr 2, 2000, 2:31 PM GMT+3 (11:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 11 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-04-02 11:31:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.848° N, 31.453° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.613 km E of Hendek, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.817 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.0Western Turkey · 9630 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009qpr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC.