M3.7 earthquake 6 km WSW of Geyikli, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Geyikli, Turkey on Mon, Oct 16, 2000, 3:46 PM GMT+3 (12:46 UTC), 15 km (9 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
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-16 12:46:04 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.790° N, 26.130° 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
- 20
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.47 km SSE of Bozcaada, Turkey · 9482 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.07 km SSW of Behram, Turkey · 9461 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.517 km W of Míthymna, Greece · 9456 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.931 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 9455 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.529 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 9455 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Plomári, Greece · 9451 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.333 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 9439 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.032 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 9439 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.820 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 9427 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1wd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC.