Turkey earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 16 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 16 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 3:40 AM GMT+2 (01:40 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 40 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-02-25 01:40:11 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.690° N, 26.040° 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 usp000fzwb. 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
158°
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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.024 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6794 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.311 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 3.49 km N of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.323 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6790 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.67 km NNE of Polichnítos, Greece · 6785 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.56 km WNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6784 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 3.322 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 6782 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.58 km WNW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 3.21 km NNE of Agiásos, Greece · 6774 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 3.417 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6773 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.113 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 6767 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.124 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 6763 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.47 km WSW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 6760 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 3.013 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6759 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.338 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6750 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 3.235 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6750 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6749 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 3.215 km S of Eresós, Greece · 6736 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6735 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 3.139 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6735 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 3.820 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 6797 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.224 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6801 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.439 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6803 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.222 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6804 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.135 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 6805 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 3.625 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6805 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.422 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 3.316 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6806 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.526 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6812 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.924 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 6816 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 3.530 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6816 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 3.229 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6816 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.010 km SE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6817 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 3.231 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 6818 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.025 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6819 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fzwb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC.