M3.4 earthquake 15 km NW of Dalyan, Turkey
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Dalyan, Turkey on Sat, Aug 13, 2005, 10:21 PM GMT+3 (19:21 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km ESE of Kos, Greece. 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
- 2005-08-13 19:21:03 UTC
- Depth
- 45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.930° N, 28.520° 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 usp000dx96. 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
- 219°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.014 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7718 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.015 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7714 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.517 km S of Turgut, Turkey · 7707 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.218 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7701 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.226 km E of Ula, Turkey · 7701 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.218 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7684 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.628 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7683 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.23 km SSE of Ula, Turkey · 7678 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7678 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 3.428 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7723 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.116 km SSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7725 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.216 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7727 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.521 km S of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7729 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.519 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7732 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.51 km SSW of Ula, Turkey · 7734 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.66 km SSW of Ula, Turkey · 7734 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.8Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7743 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dx96. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.