M3.0 earthquake 24 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 24 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 8:25 PM GMT+2 (18:25 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 40 km W 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
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-25 18:25:21 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.400° N, 26.030° 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 usp000fzy9. 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
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.323 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6791 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.322 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 6784 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.113 km NNW of Çan, Turkey · 6768 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.718 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 6766 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 6762 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.338 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6751 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.235 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6751 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6751 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.525 km NNE of Samothráki, Greece · 6747 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.226 km SW of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 6743 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.140 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6736 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.139 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6736 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.016 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 6796 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.224 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6802 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.222 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 6806 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.135 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 6806 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.625 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6807 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.526 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6814 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.924 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 6818 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.530 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6818 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.229 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.010 km SE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 6819 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.025 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 6820 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fzy9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC.