M2.9 earthquake 25 km SSW of Alaçat?, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of Alaçat?, Turkey on Sun, Dec 25, 2005, 10:39 PM GMT+2 (20:39 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 7 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-25 20:39:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.070° N, 26.270° 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 usp000e6w0. 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
- 149°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.017 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.115 km WSW of Urla, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.815 km W of Urla, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.211 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.921 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.120 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.220 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.014 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.223 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.113 km W of Urla, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.115 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.112 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.87 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.711 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.017 km WSW of Urla, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.47 km SW of Chóra, Greece · 7585 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8Near the coast of western Turkey · 7585 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.921 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7584 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.511 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.19 km SSW of Urla, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.318 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.014 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.514 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.021 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.214 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.019 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.25 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.211 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.011 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.714 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.818 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7577 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.822 km NNW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 7577 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.635 km NW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 7575 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.336 km NW of Agios Kirykos, Greece · 7575 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.620 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7567 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.97 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7561 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.24 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7553 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.54 km SE of Karaba?lar, Turkey · 7553 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.512 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7551 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.79 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 7549 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.510 km NNW of Foça, Turkey · 7549 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7545 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.518 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7545 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.616 km W of Urla, Turkey · 7542 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.8Near the coast of western Turkey · 7541 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.11 km S of Marathókampos, Greece · 7531 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Ku?adas?, Turkey · 7527 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 3.013 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.115 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.018 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.916 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.917 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8Western Turkey · 7587 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.2Near the coast of western Turkey · 7587 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.321 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7588 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.610 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7593 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.22 km SSW of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7593 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.18 km ENE of Urla, Turkey · 7594 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.839 km SSW of Thymianá, Greece · 7598 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.612 km NE of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7598 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.115 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7598 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.017 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7598 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.819 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7598 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.511 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7602 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.310 km SSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7602 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.141 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 7604 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.98 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7605 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6w0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.