M4.0 earthquake 18 km WNW of Behram, Turkey
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 18 km WNW of Behram, Turkey on Wed, Jan 24, 2001, 7:19 AM GMT+2 (05:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 13 km ESE of Vareiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-01-24 05:19:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.574° N, 26.149° 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 Canakkale.
From the USGS event page for usp000a89m. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.435 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 9382 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.254 km W of Eresós, Greece · 9382 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.231 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 9355 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.116 km WSW of Plomári, Greece · 9354 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.012 km SE of Vareiá, Greece · 9348 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.113 km ESE of Vareiá, Greece · 9348 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.019 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 9348 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.318 km S of Geyikli, Turkey · 9338 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 2.78 km NW of Çan, Turkey · 9393 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 9394 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.04 km W of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9396 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.615 km SE of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 9399 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.625 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 9403 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a89m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.