M3.7 earthquake 36 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 36 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey on Wed, Aug 24, 2005, 5:16 PM GMT+3 (14:16 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 44 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-08-24 14:16:54 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.790° N, 25.650° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000dxym. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 136°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.143 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7707 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.141 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7707 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.226 km ENE of Samothráki, Greece · 7707 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.037 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7706 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.235 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7699 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.126 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7671 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.631 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 7671 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.048 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7670 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.447 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7665 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.436 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7662 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7659 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.344 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 7655 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.540 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7653 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.746 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7652 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 3.826 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.037 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.746 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.951 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 7727 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.037 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7728 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Pámfila, Greece · 7729 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dxym. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.