M2.8 earthquake 22 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 22 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey on Mon, Oct 16, 2000, 3:57 AM GMT+3 (00:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 19 km ENE of Biga, 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
- 2000-10-16 00:57:36 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.694° N, 27.324° 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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.916 km S of Gönen, Turkey · 9483 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.214 km NNE of Marmara, Turkey · 9458 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.412 km N of Marmara, Turkey · 9439 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.220 km SSE of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 9435 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.719 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 9430 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1vd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC.