M3.4 earthquake 14 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 14 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey on Sun, Mar 19, 2000, 1:59 PM GMT+2 (11:59 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 12 km N of Sapanca, 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
- 2000-03-19 11:59:54 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.772° N, 31.305° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Bolu.
From the USGS event page for usp0009px0. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.69 km WNW of Düzce, Turkey · 9691 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.719 km NNE of Bolu, Turkey · 9682 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.017 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9680 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.612 km N of Sapanca, Turkey · 9680 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9680 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.613 km E of Hendek, Turkey · 9678 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.817 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.26 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009px0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.