M3.6 earthquake 9 km WNW of Düzce, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Düzce, Turkey on Wed, Mar 22, 2000, 4:49 PM GMT+2 (14:49 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-03-22 14:49:12 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.857° N, 31.051° 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.
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.719 km NNE of Bolu, Turkey · 9682 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.017 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9680 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.612 km N of Sapanca, Turkey · 9679 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9679 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.613 km E of Hendek, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.817 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.26 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.612 km S of Bahçecik, Turkey · 9674 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 2.52 km ESE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9693 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.414 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9694 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.19 km NNE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9707 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.87 km ESE of Hendek, Turkey · 9716 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.06 km SSE of Pamukova, Turkey · 9718 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009q18. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC.