M2.6 earthquake 23 km ESE of Çanakkale, Turkey
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23 km ESE of Çanakkale, Turkey on Wed, Jun 6, 2001, 5:43 PM GMT+3 (14:43 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 26 km SSE of Malkara, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-06-06 14:43:33 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.047° N, 26.651° 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.920 km W of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9249 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.023 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 9225 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.426 km SSE of Malkara, Turkey · 9223 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 2.711 km S of Marmara, Turkey · 9249 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.518 km SE of Biga, Turkey · 9250 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.312 km SSW of Biga, Turkey · 9252 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.724 km E of Gelibolu, Turkey · 9253 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.128 km NNW of Biga, Turkey · 9254 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.14 km S of Behram, Turkey · 9255 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ag63. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.