Turkey earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 23 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey on Sat, Mar 19, 2005, 11:07 PM GMT+2 (21:07 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 21 km E of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-03-19 21:07:47 UTC
Depth
33.5 km (20.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.874° N, 27.978° 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 usp000djk9. 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.111 km SE of Archángelos, Greece · 7856 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 3.424 km E of Faliraki, Greece · 7853 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.115 km SE of Ula, Turkey · 7844 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.921 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 7838 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.325 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7837 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 3.225 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7837 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.124 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7834 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.022 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7833 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.17 km SE of Turgutreis, Turkey · 7831 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 3.316 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7828 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.024 km ENE of Ula, Turkey · 7823 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 3.010 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7819 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 3.18 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7814 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.021 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7806 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 3.730 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7866 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.013 km SSW of Ula, Turkey · 7869 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 3.42 km NNW of Karg?, Turkey · 7871 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.29 km S of Ula, Turkey · 7875 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 3.124 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7877 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 3.34 km SSE of Ula, Turkey · 7877 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.88 km SSW of Ula, Turkey · 7877 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 3.05 km E of Ula, Turkey · 7878 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.24 km S of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7883 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.329 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7884 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.89 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7884 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.16 km SSW of Ula, Turkey · 7885 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.94 km NW of Ula, Turkey · 7887 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 3.112 km SSW of Ula, Turkey · 7887 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 3.433 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7887 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000djk9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.