M3.4 earthquake 10 km SSW of Ezine, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Ezine, Turkey on Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 10:44 PM GMT+2 (20:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 28 km S of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-21 20:44:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.690° N, 26.310° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.628 km S of Eresós, Greece · 9043 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.428 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 9018 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.228 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 9003 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.21 km NNW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 8992 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000av14. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.