M3.4 earthquake 8 km NE of Sava?tepe, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Sava?tepe, Turkey on Fri, Dec 15, 2000, 2:25 AM GMT+2 (00:25 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-15 00:25:42 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.439° N, 27.724° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.70 km WSW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9421 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.18 km WNW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9407 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9396 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Dursunbey, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.78 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.421 km WSW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9388 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.08 km E of Gönen, Turkey · 9375 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9366 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 3.918 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9426 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.719 km ENE of Biga, Turkey · 9428 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.84 km ESE of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 9431 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.122 km E of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 9433 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.14 km ENE of Manisa, Turkey · 9446 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a63a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.