M3.0 earthquake 18 km WSW of Antalya, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 18 km WSW of Antalya, Turkey on Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 2:14 PM GMT+2 (12:14 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 1 km NW of Kemer, 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
- 2005-12-26 12:14:01 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.868° N, 30.496° 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 usp000e6yh. 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
- 249°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.09 km WNW of Karamanl?, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.012 km NE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.21 km NW of Kemer, Turkey · 7556 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Korkuteli, Turkey · 7556 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.715 km NNW of Antalya, Turkey · 7529 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6yh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.