M3.9 earthquake 18 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 18 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey on Tue, Dec 12, 2000, 7:33 AM GMT+2 (05:33 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 8 km E of Gönen, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-12 05:33:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.270° N, 27.970° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.48 km NE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9423 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.70 km WSW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9422 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.18 km WNW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9408 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9396 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Dursunbey, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.421 km WSW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9388 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.08 km E of Gönen, Turkey · 9375 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9366 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a5y1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.