M3.2 earthquake Western Turkey
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in Western Turkey on Tue, Nov 18, 2003, 2:32 PM GMT+2 (12:32 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km E of Belevi, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-11-18 12:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.740° N, 27.400° 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 usp000cdac. 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
- 215°, 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.214 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 8343 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.713 km E of Belevi, Turkey · 8338 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.612 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece · 8328 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.13 km WNW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8314 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.315 km SSE of Marathókampos, Greece · 8308 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Kaymakç?, Turkey · 8308 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.616 km ESE of Alaçatı, Turkey · 8307 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.95 km SW of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 8306 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cdac. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC.