M3.7 earthquake 15 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey on Mon, Oct 8, 1990, 4:40 AM GMT+2 (02:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 3 km ENE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-08 02:40:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.962° N, 29.376° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.81 km NE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13137 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.49 km WNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13126 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.612 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13126 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.423 km SSE of Tefenni, Turkey · 13123 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.43 km NNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.07 km NNE of Kalkan, Turkey · 13121 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.419 km E of Mu?la, Turkey · 13118 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.214 km NNE of Yaniklar, Turkey · 13102 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.63 km NNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13102 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.44 km NE of Göcek, Turkey · 13100 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.05 km S of Dalaman, Turkey · 13100 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.03 km ENE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13100 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13097 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.324 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13097 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.419 km SSE of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 13093 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Fethiye, Turkey · 13089 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.013 km N of Ye?ilova, Turkey · 13086 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 3.210 km WNW of Tefenni, Turkey · 13145 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.216 km W of Ye?ilova, Turkey · 13145 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.03 km WNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13148 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.012 km SW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13148 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.710 km ENE of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13173 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004fgb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC.