M3.4 earthquake 3 km N of Menderes, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 3 km N of Menderes, Turkey on Wed, Dec 11, 2002, 5:26 PM GMT+2 (15:26 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km S of Kemalpa?a, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-11 15:26:52 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.280° N, 27.130° 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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.015 km S of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 8694 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.613 km SSW of Menderes, Turkey · 8678 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.48 km NNE of Samos, Greece · 8674 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.414 km S of Marathókampos, Greece · 8665 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.612 km SSE of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 8659 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bkhf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC.