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M4.6 earthquake 12 km N of Sapanca, Turkey

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 12 km N of Sapanca, Turkey on Sun, Apr 2, 2000, 9:57 PM GMT+3 (18:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2000-04-02 18:57:38 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.803° N, 30.244° 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 Istanbul.

From the USGS event page for usp0009qqa. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.413 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9679 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.24 km WNW of Ula?l?, Turkey · 9679 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.612 km SE of Umurbey, Turkey · 9678 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.613 km E of Hendek, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.111 km SSE of Düzce, Turkey · 9677 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.817 km WNW of Bolu, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 3.26 km NNW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9676 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.612 km S of Bahçecik, Turkey · 9675 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.94 km NNE of Koruköy, Turkey · 9674 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.66 km NE of Koruköy, Turkey · 9674 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.0Western Turkey · 9630 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away

Before

  1. 3.69 km WNW of Düzce, Turkey · 9691 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.52 km ESE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9693 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.414 km ESE of Düzce, Turkey · 9694 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.04 km SSE of Sultanbeyli, Turkey · 9707 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.19 km NNE of Köseköy, Turkey · 9707 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009qqa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.