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M3.5 earthquake 8 km NW of Datça, Turkey

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Datça, Turkey on Tue, May 4, 2004, 7:28 PM GMT+3 (16:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 30 km W of Kéfalos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-05-04 16:28:36 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.780° N, 27.610° 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 usp000cu5p. 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
177°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.125 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8179 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.333 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 8173 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8170 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8169 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.110 km SE of Afántou, Greece · 8169 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.219 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 8167 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.79 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 8166 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 3.527 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8161 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 3.912 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8158 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 3.112 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8156 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.628 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8154 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.334 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8154 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 3.130 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8154 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.430 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8154 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.130 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8153 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 4.229 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8146 days ago · 153 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.410 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 8139 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 3.22 km SW of Archángelos, Greece · 8137 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.825 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8136 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.022 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8136 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 4.016 km ENE of Mu?la, Turkey · 8132 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.72 km NW of Bozarmut, Turkey · 8129 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.931 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8128 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.847 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8127 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 3.115 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 8126 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 3.313 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8125 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 3.532 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8187 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.021 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8193 days ago · 157 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.411 km N of Agía Marína, Greece · 8200 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.54 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 8201 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cu5p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:44 AM UTC.