M3.0 earthquake 10 km SE of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Gökçeada, Turkey on Sat, Feb 2, 2008, 5:30 PM GMT+2 (15:30 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 20 km NNW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-02 15:30:48 UTC
- Depth
- 3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.141° N, 26.011° 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 usp000fxzx. 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
- 165°
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.229 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6817 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.530 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6817 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.924 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 6817 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.526 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6813 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.422 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.625 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.135 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 6805 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.222 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6804 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.439 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6804 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.224 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6801 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.820 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 6798 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.016 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6795 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.024 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6794 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.49 km N of Mantamádos, Greece · 6791 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.323 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6790 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Kalloní, Greece · 6785 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.322 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 6783 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.113 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 6767 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.718 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 6765 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 6761 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.025 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6819 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.323 km SW of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 6828 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.023 km SW of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 6828 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.923 km SW of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 6828 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.432 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6829 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.027 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6829 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.548 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6832 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6832 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.735 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6840 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.227 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6843 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.326 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxzx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC.