M2.8 earthquake 15 km NW of Edremit, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Edremit, Turkey on Sun, Sep 17, 2000, 10:16 PM GMT+3 (19:16 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km SSW of Behram, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-17 19:16:22 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.693° N, 26.888° 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.
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.95 km W of Dikili, Turkey · 9510 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.719 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9509 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.76 km WSW of Geyikli, Turkey · 9484 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.916 km S of Gönen, Turkey · 9483 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Bozcaada, Turkey · 9482 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.714 km E of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9479 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.512 km ENE of Zeytinda?, Turkey · 9476 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.89 km WNW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9465 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.07 km SSW of Behram, Turkey · 9461 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.517 km W of Míthymna, Greece · 9456 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.46 km E of Míthymna, Greece · 9517 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.68 km NNE of Mantamádos, Greece · 9517 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.512 km E of Mantamádos, Greece · 9517 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.912 km ENE of Mantamádos, Greece · 9518 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.04 km SSE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9521 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.54 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9522 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.05 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 9535 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a0e3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.