M3.4 earthquake 7 km SSE of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Bozcaada, Turkey on Wed, Oct 18, 2000, 3:10 PM GMT+3 (12:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km SSW of Behram, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-18 12:10:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.776° N, 26.118° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.07 km SSW of Behram, Turkey · 9461 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.517 km W of Míthymna, Greece · 9456 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.931 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 9455 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.529 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 9455 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Plomári, Greece · 9451 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.333 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 9439 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.032 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 9439 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.820 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 9427 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a219. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC.