M3.1 earthquake 3 km N of Adapazar?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 3 km N of Adapazar?, Turkey on Fri, Mar 9, 2001, 5:07 AM GMT+2 (03:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km NW of Düzce, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-09 03:07:06 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.813° N, 30.403° 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
- 7
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
- 4.011 km NW of Düzce, Turkey · 9317 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.710 km NNW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9302 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.218 km SSE of Alapl?, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Gebze, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.50 km SSE of Hendek, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.721 km ENE of Düzce, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.818 km NW of Bolu, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.514 km W of Düzce, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.59 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 2.46 km NNE of Hamzabey, Turkey · 9349 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.86 km W of Ferizli, Turkey · 9350 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.34 km N of Sapanca, Turkey · 9351 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.816 km E of Düzce, Turkey · 9357 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.710 km NW of Sapanca, Turkey · 9357 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ab4n. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.