M3.5 earthquake 2 km E of Ku?adas?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 2 km E of Ku?adas?, Turkey on Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 2:50 AM GMT+3 (23:50 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 9 km NE of Çe?me, 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
- 2002-04-17 23:50:32 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.860° N, 27.280° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.09 km NE of Çe?me, Turkey · 8901 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.816 km WNW of Urla, Turkey · 8901 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.817 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 8901 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.54 km NNE of Çe?me, Turkey · 8901 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.61 km ENE of Chóra, Greece · 8900 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2mf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.