M3.7 earthquake 63 km S of Ka?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 63 km S of Ka?, Turkey on Wed, Feb 9, 2005, 4:38 PM GMT+2 (14:38 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 63 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-02-09 14:38:35 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.630° N, 29.720° 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 usp000dfss. 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
- 116°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.863 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7884 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.640 km S of Kalkan, Turkey · 7879 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2123 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7875 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.622 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7904 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.449 km SSW of Ka?, Turkey · 7909 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.343 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7914 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 3.740 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7918 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.722 km S of Beykonak, Turkey · 7919 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.845 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7921 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 30
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dfss. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC.