M3.8 earthquake 9 km WNW of Foça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Foça, Turkey on Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 8:59 PM GMT+2 (18:59 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 3 km SSW of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-11-25 18:59:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.690° N, 26.650° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.612 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 9067 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.84 km SSE of Menemen, Turkey · 9054 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.93 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 9044 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.628 km S of Eresós, Greece · 9043 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.424 km W of Vrontádos, Greece · 9038 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.95 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 9027 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.537 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 9025 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.59 km SW of Foça, Turkey · 9024 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.425 km ENE of Psará, Greece · 9022 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.29 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 9017 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.96 km N of Turgutlu, Turkey · 9016 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000atfs. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.