M3.6 earthquake 40 km S of Kalkan, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 40 km S of Kalkan, Turkey on Sun, Mar 6, 2005, 4:35 AM GMT+2 (02:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 98 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
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-03-06 02:35:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.905° N, 29.375° 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 usp000dhme. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2123 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7875 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.42 km NNW of Karg?, Turkey · 7872 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.424 km E of Faliraki, Greece · 7854 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.316 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7828 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.998 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7828 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.449 km SSE of Ka?, Turkey · 7824 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.936 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7820 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 3.377 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7884 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.863 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7884 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.827 km SSW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 7890 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.763 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7904 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.622 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7905 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dhme. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC.