M3.7 earthquake 9 km WNW of Gömeç, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Gömeç, Turkey on Wed, Oct 17, 2001, 8:53 PM GMT+3 (17:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 9 km WNW of Foça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-10-17 17:53:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.420° N, 26.740° 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
- 12
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.520 km NW of Behram, Turkey · 9108 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.89 km WNW of Foça, Turkey · 9076 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.612 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 9067 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 3.919 km SSW of Çan, Turkey · 9115 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.719 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 9118 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.910 km SSE of Foça, Turkey · 9119 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.516 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9141 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.85 km SSW of Bergama, Turkey · 9142 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.116 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 9144 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.931 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 9144 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ar4m. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.