M3.0 earthquake 12 km WSW of Akhisar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Akhisar, Turkey on Sat, Dec 24, 2005, 8:19 PM GMT+2 (18:19 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 14 km NW of Yenifoça, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-24 18:19:45 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.862° N, 27.716° 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 usp000e6sv. 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
- 82°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.010 km S of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7588 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 7588 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.813 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.921 km SSW of Dursunbey, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.514 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.95 km NNE of Dikili, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.810 km S of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.810 km NNW of Soma, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.018 km N of Demirci, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.54 km SE of Karaba?lar, Turkey · 7554 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.510 km NNW of Foça, Turkey · 7550 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.48 km S of Turgutlu, Turkey · 7548 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 3.313 km SSW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7589 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7589 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.313 km SSW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7589 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.18 km ENE of Urla, Turkey · 7596 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.517 km NW of Gördes, Turkey · 7602 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.38 km ESE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7604 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.523 km E of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7613 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6sv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.