M3.3 earthquake 23 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 23 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey on Wed, May 11, 2005, 9:27 PM GMT+3 (18:27 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 24 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-11 18:27:14 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.410° N, 25.890° 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 usp000dqhs. 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
- 186°, 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.925 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7812 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.936 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7809 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.323 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7799 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.331 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 7796 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 7794 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.924 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7791 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dqhs. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.