M3.3 earthquake 7 km SW of Foça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Foça, Turkey on Tue, Jul 16, 1991, 9:01 AM GMT+3 (06:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 8 km SW of Foça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-07-16 06:01:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.615° N, 26.708° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.94 km SSE of Soma, Turkey · 12863 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.311 km WNW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 12857 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.80 km SSE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 12852 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.08 km SW of Foça, Turkey · 12851 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.47 km SSW of Foça, Turkey · 12851 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.413 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 12851 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Soma, Turkey · 12848 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.412 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 12847 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.42 km W of Foça, Turkey · 12847 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.127 km N of Psará, Greece · 12817 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.911 km ENE of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 12863 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Zeytinda?, Turkey · 12864 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.95 km E of Zeytinda?, Turkey · 12864 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.75 km S of Soma, Turkey · 12865 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 12866 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 12866 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.55 km W of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 12867 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.617 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 12870 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of ?zmir, Turkey · 12873 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.13 km WNW of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 12874 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Bergama, Turkey · 12876 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.73 km SSE of Soma, Turkey · 12876 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.75 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 12879 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.82 km SW of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 12881 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.014 km ENE of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 12882 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.910 km ENE of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 12882 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.521 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 12884 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.83 km SSE of Soma, Turkey · 12888 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Soma, Turkey · 12890 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.83 km NNE of Marathókampos, Greece · 12890 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004u7y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.