M3.0 earthquake 21 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey on Tue, May 17, 2005, 11:33 PM GMT+3 (20:33 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 10 km SW of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-17 20:33:11 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.027° N, 27.782° 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 usp000dr27. 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
- 77°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.521 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7803 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.118 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7802 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.026 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7801 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7784 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.025 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7779 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.223 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7778 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.215 km E of Kos, Greece · 7774 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.620 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7774 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.325 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7773 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.818 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7773 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.836 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.210 km SE of Pythagóreio, Greece · 7770 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.414 km SW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7770 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.610 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7758 days ago · 140 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.6Western Turkey · 7755 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.77 km NE of Söke, Turkey · 7753 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.17 km N of Kremastí, Greece · 7752 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.67 km S of Germencik, Turkey · 7752 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.510 km E of Söke, Turkey · 7752 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.18 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7814 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.111 km NW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7817 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7820 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.024 km ENE of Ula, Turkey · 7823 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.316 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7828 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Turgutreis, Turkey · 7832 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.022 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7834 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.124 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7834 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dr27. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC.