Turkey earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake Aegean Sea

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea on Fri, Dec 24, 2004, 9:35 AM GMT+2 (07:35 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 15 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-12-24 07:35:05 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.380° N, 24.820° 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 usp000dbb1. 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
68°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.352 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7951 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 3.037 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 7948 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.328 km E of Oxílithos, Greece · 7946 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.830 km SSW of Skýros, Greece · 7943 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.627 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7933 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.825 km S of Patitírion, Greece · 7927 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.632 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 7923 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 3.115 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7922 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.537 km N of Psará, Greece · 7922 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.437 km N of Psará, Greece · 7922 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.432 km N of Psará, Greece · 7918 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.431 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7918 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.915 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7914 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.730 km N of Psará, Greece · 7910 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.145 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 7907 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 3.225 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7899 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 3.428 km ENE of Patitírion, Greece · 7898 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 3.329 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7897 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 3.339 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 7956 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.430 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 7966 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.645 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7971 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.27 km N of Eresós, Greece · 7976 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.327 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 7983 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dbb1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC.