M4.9 earthquake 28 km SW of Devrek, Turkey
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 28 km SW of Devrek, Turkey on Mon, Feb 14, 2000, 8:56 AM GMT+2 (06:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-02-14 06:56:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.016° N, 31.757° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 64 stations |
| 5.17 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.2 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Some buildings destroyed at Mengen. Felt strongly in other parts of Bolu Province. Telephone service was interrupted in Zonguldak Province. Felt at Ankara, Bolu, Cankiri, Duzce, Istanbul, Izmit and Sakarya.
From the USGS event page for usp0009nep. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Map
- Automatic
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 1.9 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.816 km NW of Yeniça?a, Turkey · 9728 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.219 km ESE of Alapl?, Turkey · 9725 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.87 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9716 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.414 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9694 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.69 km WNW of Düzce, Turkey · 9691 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.719 km NNE of Bolu, Turkey · 9682 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.017 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9680 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.613 km E of Hendek, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.817 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9676 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 usp0009nep (also filed as iscgem1728578, atlas20000214065634). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.