M3.5 earthquake 21 km N of Karaburun, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 21 km N of Karaburun, Turkey on Sun, Oct 20, 2002, 10:56 PM GMT+3 (19:56 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km S of Kemalpa?a, 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-20 19:56:46 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.830° N, 26.540° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.65 km ESE of Mantamádos, Greece · 8734 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.733 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 8719 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.939 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 8710 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.335 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 8710 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.418 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 8707 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.230 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 8707 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.43 km N of Menderes, Turkey · 8694 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.015 km S of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 8694 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 3.14 km ESE of Psará, Greece · 8755 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.311 km ESE of Psará, Greece · 8755 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.65 km W of Oinoússes, Greece · 8762 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.610 km W of Menderes, Turkey · 8769 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.327 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8771 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.2Aegean Sea · 8775 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bey0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC.