M3.4 earthquake 5 km WNW of Behram, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Behram, Turkey on Sat, May 7, 2005, 9:06 PM GMT+3 (18:06 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km S of Alt?noluk, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-07 18:06:24 UTC
- Depth
- 11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.510° N, 26.267° 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 usp000dq55. 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
- 99°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.513 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 7818 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.39 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 7817 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.518 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7817 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.110 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7817 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7816 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.66 km S of Alt?noluk, Turkey · 7814 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.132 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7814 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.936 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7810 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.029 km N of Psará, Greece · 7809 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.129 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7809 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.137 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7808 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.131 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7808 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.228 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7808 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.331 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 7796 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.5Near the coast of western Turkey · 7791 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.228 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 7782 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.318 km S of Polichnítos, Greece · 7771 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.210 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7763 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.211 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 7763 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 3.25 km SW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 7819 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7827 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.615 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 7828 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 7829 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.035 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7830 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Gömeç, Turkey · 7834 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dq55. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.