M3.5 earthquake 31 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 31 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey on Mon, Mar 20, 2000, 7:51 AM GMT+2 (05:51 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-03-20 05:51:36 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.584° N, 25.888° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.413 km NW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 9688 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.727 km NE of Psará, Greece · 9680 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.928 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.36 km NNE of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 9660 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009py6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC.