M4.5 earthquake 16 km W of Datça, Turkey
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 16 km W of Datça, Turkey on Sat, Sep 16, 2000, 7:41 AM GMT+3 (04:41 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-16 04:41:42 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.722° N, 27.505° 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
- 51
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.98 km WSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 9495 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.742 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 9488 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.817 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 9482 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9469 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a0as. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.