M3.7 earthquake 0 km WSW of Sava?tepe, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 0 km WSW of Sava?tepe, Turkey on Sat, Dec 16, 2000, 1:26 PM GMT+2 (11:26 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-16 11:26:25 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.382° N, 27.650° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 9
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
- 3.18 km WNW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9407 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.615 km SE of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 9399 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9395 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7Western Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Dursunbey, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.78 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 9393 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.421 km WSW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9387 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.08 km E of Gönen, Turkey · 9374 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9366 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 3.48 km NE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9423 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.918 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9425 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.84 km ESE of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 9431 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.122 km E of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 9432 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.14 km ENE of Manisa, Turkey · 9446 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a65n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.