M3.5 earthquake 16 km NNW of Urla, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 16 km NNW of Urla, Turkey on Sat, Mar 29, 2003, 9:09 AM GMT+2 (07:09 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 10 km ENE 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
- 3.5 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-29 07:09:07 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.450° N, 26.670° 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
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.810 km ENE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.18 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.314 km NNW of Özdere, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.82 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.14 km SE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.710 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.321 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.711 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.614 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.219 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.612 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.66 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.711 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.214 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.712 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8567 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.311 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8564 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.620 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 8555 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.03 km E of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8551 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.416 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 8551 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.516 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8547 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.410 km E of Karaba?lar, Turkey · 8532 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000btrp. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.