M2.8 earthquake 18 km NW of Bolu, Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Bolu, Turkey on Thu, Apr 19, 2001, 9:15 PM GMT+3 (18:15 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 3 km N of Gerede, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-19 18:15:02 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.871° N, 31.479° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.514 km W of Düzce, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.59 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.83 km N of Gerede, Turkey · 9281 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.510 km W of Hendek, Turkey · 9255 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Sö?ütlü, Turkey · 9250 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.721 km ENE of Düzce, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.50 km SSE of Hendek, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9299 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.218 km SSE of Alapl?, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.710 km NNW of Adapazar?, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.011 km NW of Düzce, Turkey · 9316 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000adk7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.