M3.8 earthquake 45 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 45 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey on Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 12:14 AM GMT+2 (22:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 27 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-18 22:14:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.566° N, 25.670° 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 usp000fwzc. 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
- 74°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.548 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6832 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.530 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6831 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.425 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6830 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.027 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6828 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.432 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6828 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.625 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6826 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.025 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6819 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.231 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6818 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.010 km SE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6817 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.142 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 6817 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.954 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 6817 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.644 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 6817 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.229 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6817 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.530 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6817 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.924 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 6817 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.526 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6813 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.316 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6806 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.422 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.625 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.135 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 6805 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.222 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6804 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.439 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6804 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.224 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6801 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.820 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 6797 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.016 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6795 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.024 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6794 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.49 km N of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.323 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6790 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Polichnítos, Greece · 6786 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6785 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.322 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 6783 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.58 km WNW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 6774 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Agiásos, Greece · 6774 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6773 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 3.124 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6833 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.022 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6835 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.121 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6836 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.220 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6837 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.614 km S of Polichnítos, Greece · 6837 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.922 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6837 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.529 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.721 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.627 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.025 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.330 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.325 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.916 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.419 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
- 3.918 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.512 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6838 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.427 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6838 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.735 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6839 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.227 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6843 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.922 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 6845 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fwzc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC.