M3.2 earthquake Western Turkey
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in Western Turkey on Sun, Jan 27, 1991, 4:45 PM GMT+2 (14:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km N of Dalyan, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-01-27 14:45:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.985° N, 29.476° 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.27 km SW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13027 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.26 km SSE of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13026 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.411 km SSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13024 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13024 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13023 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.913 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13023 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.011 km WNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13022 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.211 km WNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13022 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.79 km SW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13021 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13020 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.16 km WNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13020 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.227 km SSE of Korkuteli, Turkey · 13017 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.26 km SE of Honaz, Turkey · 13017 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Denizli, Turkey · 13016 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.914 km N of Dalyan, Turkey · 13012 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.28 km SSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13008 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.19 km SE of Kalkan, Turkey · 13007 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.99 km SW of Honaz, Turkey · 13006 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.110 km W of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13006 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.01 km ENE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13004 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.84 km ESE of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13004 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.17 km NW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13003 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.010 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13001 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 4.222 km NE of Ortaca, Turkey · 13034 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.96 km S of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13038 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.16 km S of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13039 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.49 km SSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13039 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.610 km NW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13039 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.03 km NE of Merkezefendi, Turkey · 13039 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.27 km NNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13041 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.69 km SSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13041 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.313 km ESE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13041 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.17 km NNW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13041 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13041 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.46 km SW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13042 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.59 km SSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13043 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.34 km SSE of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13043 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.05 km SSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13043 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.15 km NE of Honaz, Turkey · 13043 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.23 km SSE of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13044 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.110 km WSW of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 13046 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.97 km SW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 13046 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.621 km SSW of Kemer, Turkey · 13046 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004m77. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:12 PM UTC.