M3.0 earthquake 9 km SW of Soma, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Soma, Turkey on Sat, May 22, 2004, 10:43 AM GMT+3 (07:43 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km SSE of Foça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-22 07:43:05 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.132° N, 27.530° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- 157°
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.911 km SSE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8167 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Mantamádos, Greece · 8165 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.911 km SSW of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 8164 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.97 km W of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 8162 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 8160 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.821 km ENE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8159 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8159 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.75 km SE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 8157 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.010 km N of Torbal?, Turkey · 8156 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.515 km W of ?zmir, Turkey · 8141 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.617 km SSE of Foça, Turkey · 8135 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 2.83 km SSW of Soma, Turkey · 8168 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.05 km ENE of Mantamádos, Greece · 8168 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Soma, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Soma, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.022 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 8169 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvva. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.