M3.1 earthquake 21 km SSW of Turgut, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Turgut, Turkey on Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 2:50 AM GMT+3 (23:50 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 4 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-03-30 23:50:03 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.190° N, 27.980° 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 usp000craq. 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
- 189°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.24 km SW of Germencik, Turkey · 8214 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.54 km NNE of Agía Marína, Greece · 8201 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.532 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8186 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.58 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 8184 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8169 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.028 km NE of Ortaca, Turkey · 8169 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.219 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 8167 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.79 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 8166 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.318 km ENE of Mu?la, Turkey · 8162 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000craq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.