M3.6 earthquake 20 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 20 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey on Wed, Apr 30, 2003, 10:20 AM GMT+3 (07:20 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 3 km E of Seferihisar, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-30 07:20:06 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.150° N, 26.540° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.03 km E of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8550 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.416 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 8550 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.516 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8547 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.410 km E of Karaba?lar, Turkey · 8532 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.47 km E of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8518 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8509 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.918 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 8498 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.215 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8497 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.312 km NW of Özdere, Turkey · 8497 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 3.311 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8564 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.712 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8567 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.214 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.711 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.66 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.612 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.012 km NW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 8574 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.219 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.614 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.711 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.321 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.710 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.14 km SE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.82 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.314 km NNW of Özdere, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.18 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.810 km ENE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.711 km WSW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 8575 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bw9a. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.