M3.4 earthquake 16 km SW of Urla, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Urla, Turkey on Sun, May 4, 2003, 2:06 PM GMT+3 (11:06 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 18 km SW of Plomári, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-04 11:06:00 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.230° N, 26.620° 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 usp000bwkm. 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
- 164°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.516 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8547 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.410 km E of Karaba?lar, Turkey · 8533 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.47 km E of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8518 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8509 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.918 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 8499 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.215 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8498 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.312 km NW of Özdere, Turkey · 8497 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.03 km E of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8551 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.620 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 8555 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.311 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8565 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.712 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8567 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.214 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.711 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.66 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.612 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.012 km NW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 8574 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.219 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.614 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.711 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.321 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.710 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.14 km SE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.82 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.314 km NNW of Özdere, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.18 km ESE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwkm. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.