M3.0 earthquake 17 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 17 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey on Fri, Aug 2, 2002, 2:27 PM GMT+3 (11:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 36 km WSW of Gökçeada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-02 11:27:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.360° N, 25.880° 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
- 9
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.26 km ESE of Xylaganí, Greece · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.533 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8802 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.736 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8802 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.337 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8801 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.311 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8789 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.836 km WSW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8775 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.535 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8774 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.327 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8772 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.135 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 8771 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.132 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 8769 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.822 km ENE of Samothráki, Greece · 8767 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b965. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC.