M4.3 earthquake 19 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey on Thu, Jan 20, 2000, 12:35 PM GMT+2 (10:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 28 km SW of Devrek, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-01-20 10:35:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.760° N, 31.369° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.46 km NNW of Akyaz?, Turkey · 9750 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.928 km SW of Devrek, Turkey · 9728 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.816 km NW of Yeniça?a, Turkey · 9728 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.219 km ESE of Alapl?, Turkey · 9725 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.87 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9716 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.414 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9694 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 3.216 km WSW of Bolu, Turkey · 9765 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.08 km SE of Düzce, Turkey · 9768 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.93 km SSW of Hendek, Turkey · 9769 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.68 km NNE of Mudurnu, Turkey · 9771 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.69 km WSW of Düzce, Turkey · 9775 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009mdm. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.