M3.4 earthquake 18 km NW of Foça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Foça, Turkey on Wed, Oct 13, 2004, 3:07 PM GMT+3 (12:07 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 6 km S of Psará, 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
- 2004-10-13 12:07:45 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.800° 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 usp000d6ap. 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
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.02 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 8019 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.429 km ENE of Psará, Greece · 8018 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.823 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 8018 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.08 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 8015 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.719 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 8013 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.014 km SSE of Loutrá, Greece · 8011 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.230 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 8008 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.923 km NW of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 8007 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.24 km NW of Alia?a, Turkey · 8007 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.24 km N of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8007 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.82 km N of Soma, Turkey · 8003 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.73 km NE of Soma, Turkey · 8003 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7995 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.06 km ESE of Gömeç, Turkey · 7994 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.229 km N of Psará, Greece · 7994 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.56 km S of Psará, Greece · 7986 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.86 km SE of Psará, Greece · 7986 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.111 km S of Psará, Greece · 7986 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.55 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 7986 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.27 km SE of Psará, Greece · 7985 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.216 km E of Psará, Greece · 7984 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.28 km S of Psará, Greece · 7984 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.27 km SSE of Psará, Greece · 7982 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.110 km S of Psará, Greece · 7981 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.31 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7980 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.033 km S of Eresós, Greece · 7979 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.711 km NNE of Özdere, Turkey · 7979 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.27 km N of Eresós, Greece · 7979 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.419 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7978 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.217 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7976 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.98 km SSE of Psará, Greece · 7976 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000d6ap. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:30 AM UTC.