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M3.1 earthquake 43 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 43 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey on Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 12:49 AM GMT+3 (21:49 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-08-25 21:49:03 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.700° N, 25.590° 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 usp000dy1v. 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
163°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.141 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7707 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.226 km ENE of Samothráki, Greece · 7707 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.037 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7706 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.235 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7699 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.534 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7677 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.332 km N of Psará, Greece · 7674 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.126 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7671 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.631 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 7671 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.048 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7670 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.447 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7665 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.436 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7662 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 3.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7659 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 4.344 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 7655 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 3.540 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7653 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.746 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7652 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 3.343 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 7648 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 3.736 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.826 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.037 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.746 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.951 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 7727 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.037 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7728 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 3.25 km WSW of Ayval?k, Turkey · 7729 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.09 km NNW of Pámfila, Greece · 7729 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dy1v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.