M3.5 earthquake 22 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 22 km W of S?nd?rg?, Turkey on Tue, Feb 20, 2001, 11:15 PM GMT+2 (21:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 20 km S of K?n?k, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-20 21:15:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.268° N, 27.923° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.821 km WSW of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9356 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 9356 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.822 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9356 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.75 km NE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9354 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 9348 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.920 km S of K?n?k, Turkey · 9316 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 9302 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.724 km N of Demirci, Turkey · 9302 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.915 km E of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 9301 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Dursunbey, Turkey · 9300 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Simav, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.86 km W of Bigadiç, Turkey · 9298 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.712 km W of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 9297 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.712 km NE of Balya, Turkey · 9296 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aa07. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.