M2.9 earthquake 5 km NNE of Dikili, Turkey
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Dikili, Turkey on Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 7:13 PM GMT+2 (17:13 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 9 km SE of Plomári, Greece. 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
- 2005-12-28 17:13:35 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.121° N, 26.915° 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 usp000e73w. 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
- 256°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.38 km NE of Míthymna, Greece · 7583 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.910 km W of Behram, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.010 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7582 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.810 km S of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.810 km NNW of Soma, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.916 km SSW of Çan, Turkey · 7577 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.917 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7561 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.626 km SW of Çan, Turkey · 7559 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.54 km SE of Karaba?lar, Turkey · 7552 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.79 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 7549 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.510 km NNW of Foça, Turkey · 7548 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7545 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Palaiókipos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.616 km W of Urla, Turkey · 7542 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.45 km S of Oinoússes, Greece · 7523 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.514 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.19 km SSW of Urla, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7584 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.813 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.113 km W of Urla, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.815 km W of Urla, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.115 km WSW of Urla, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.010 km S of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.012 km WSW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.313 km SSW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.313 km SSW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.18 km ENE of Urla, Turkey · 7594 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.38 km ESE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7603 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.523 km E of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7612 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e73w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.