M3.2 earthquake 13 km W of Datça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 13 km W of Datça, Turkey on Fri, Jul 18, 2003, 2:47 PM GMT+3 (11:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 13 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece. 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
- 2003-07-18 11:47:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.750° N, 27.530° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000c2tn. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 132°
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.824 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8474 days ago · 167 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.116 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8466 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8465 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.912 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8465 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.613 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8465 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.412 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8465 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8462 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.712 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8458 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.614 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8428 days ago · 157 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.313 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8419 days ago · 155 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.413 km SE of Kardámaina, Greece · 8417 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c2tn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC.