M3.7 earthquake 16 km SSE of Foça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Foça, Turkey on Tue, Feb 15, 2000, 8:57 PM GMT+2 (18:57 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
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-02-15 18:57:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.538° N, 26.831° 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 Aydin, Balikesir and Izmir, Turkey.
From the USGS event page for usp0009ngz. 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.
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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.011 km ESE of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 9683 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.727 km NE of Psará, Greece · 9680 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.28 km E of Bergama, Turkey · 9672 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.77 km NW of Karaburun, Turkey · 9671 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009ngz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.