M3.0 earthquake 27 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 27 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey on Sun, Aug 19, 2001, 1:33 PM GMT+3 (10:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 32 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-08-19 10:33:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.870° N, 25.750° 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
- 10
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.116 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 9144 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.634 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 9139 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.233 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 9136 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.032 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 9136 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.535 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 9136 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.231 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 9136 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.015 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9136 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 9136 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.134 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 9116 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.79 km WNW of Gömeç, Turkey · 9115 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.224 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 9176 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.38 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 9179 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.722 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 9180 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.229 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9181 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.931 km WSW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9183 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.251 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 9195 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.534 km W of Eresós, Greece · 9196 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ampj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.