Turkey earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 40 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 40 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey on Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 12:11 AM GMT+2 (22:11 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 43 km S of Ka?, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-26 22:11:00 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.910° N, 29.300° 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 usp000defh. 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
147°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.343 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7914 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.449 km SSW of Ka?, Turkey · 7910 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 3.622 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7905 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.763 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7904 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.827 km SSW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 7890 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.863 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7885 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 3.377 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7884 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.640 km S of Kalkan, Turkey · 7880 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 3.2123 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7875 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.42 km NNW of Karg?, Turkey · 7872 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 3.722 km S of Beykonak, Turkey · 7919 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 5.845 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7921 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 30
  3. 3.46 km N of Kalkan, Turkey · 7935 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 3.94 km W of Kalkan, Turkey · 7935 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.310 km SE of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 7943 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000defh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC.