M3.6 earthquake 9 km SE of Selçuk, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Selçuk, Turkey on Thu, Nov 16, 2000, 3:59 AM GMT+2 (01:59 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km SW of Chóra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-11-16 01:59:15 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.890° N, 27.450° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.14 km ENE of Manisa, Turkey · 9447 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.52 km NNE of ?ncirliova, Turkey · 9428 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.611 km SSE of Tire, Turkey · 9425 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.78 km SSE of Gökçen, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.26 km E of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.811 km SSE of Tire, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.811 km SSE of Gökçen, Turkey · 9424 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.010 km ESE of Selçuk, Turkey · 9423 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.16 km SW of Chóra, Greece · 9403 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.74 km ENE of Germencik, Turkey · 9396 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a3qc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.