M3.7 earthquake 8 km SSE of Gökçen, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Gökçen, Turkey on Thu, Dec 14, 2000, 1:03 AM GMT+2 (23:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 11 km SSE of Tire, 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
- 2000-12-13 23:03:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.040° N, 27.900° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.26 km E of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.811 km SSE of Tire, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.811 km SSE of Gökçen, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.010 km ESE of Selçuk, Turkey · 9423 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.74 km ENE of Germencik, Turkey · 9395 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 3.611 km SSE of Tire, Turkey · 9425 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.52 km NNE of ?ncirliova, Turkey · 9428 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.04 km WSW of Akköy, Turkey · 9442 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.55 km NE of Sarayköy, Turkey · 9442 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.14 km ENE of Manisa, Turkey · 9447 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.69 km SE of Selçuk, Turkey · 9452 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a618. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.