M3.4 earthquake 1 km SE of Ayvac?k, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 1 km SE of Ayvac?k, Turkey on Sat, Aug 16, 2003, 4:57 PM GMT+3 (13:57 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 22 km NNE 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
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-16 13:57:01 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.590° N, 26.420° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.023 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8437 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.230 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8435 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3Western Turkey · 8435 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.022 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8432 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.422 km SSW of Geyikli, Turkey · 8428 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.225 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8418 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.313 km ESE of Plomári, Greece · 8415 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 3.424 km NW of Eceabat, Turkey · 8447 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.013 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 8456 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.121 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8457 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Balya, Turkey · 8461 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.513 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 8467 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.442 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8467 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.231 km S of Enez, Turkey · 8470 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.421 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 8472 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.626 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8476 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c53d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC.