M3.7 earthquake 11 km NW of Manisa, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Manisa, Turkey on Sun, Dec 6, 1998, 9:30 AM GMT+2 (07:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 10 km W of Karaburun, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1998-12-06 07:30:22 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.690° N, 27.340° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.55 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 10145 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.417 km ENE of Soma, Turkey · 10143 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.73 km WNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 10139 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.814 km NNE of Bergama, Turkey · 10138 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.711 km ESE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 10133 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.90 km S of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 10133 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Soma, Turkey · 10132 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.76 km S of Soma, Turkey · 10132 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.43 km ENE of Pappádos, Greece · 10132 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.71 km SE of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 10131 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.73 km E of Soma, Turkey · 10131 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.611 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 10131 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.910 km SE of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 10129 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.88 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 10129 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.110 km W of Karaburun, Turkey · 10129 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.610 km NW of Karaburun, Turkey · 10129 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.417 km NW of Karaburun, Turkey · 10129 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.717 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 10129 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.87 km NNE of Zeytinda?, Turkey · 10128 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.317 km WNW of ?zmir, Turkey · 10127 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.617 km WSW of Menemen, Turkey · 10127 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.53 km NNW of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 10126 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.418 km SW of Bigadiç, Turkey · 10126 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 10126 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.83 km ESE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 10125 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.911 km N of K?n?k, Turkey · 10125 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.724 km W of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 10123 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.77 km SW of Germencik, Turkey · 10116 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 2.817 km E of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 10179 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.54 km NE of Çandarl?, Turkey · 10179 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Pámfila, Greece · 10181 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.714 km W of Bigadiç, Turkey · 10187 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.622 km W of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 10188 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.614 km NNW of Gördes, Turkey · 10189 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.415 km N of Dikili, Turkey · 10191 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.819 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 10194 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.712 km W of Soma, Turkey · 10194 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0008z87. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC.