M3.3 earthquake 8 km ESE of Pamukkale, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Pamukkale, Turkey on Sun, Dec 25, 2005, 3:58 PM GMT+2 (13:58 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 9 km NE of Dinar, 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
- 2005-12-25 13:58:30 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.894° N, 29.213° 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 usp000e6v9. 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
- 74°
- Stations used
- 14
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.11 km NE of Akköy, Turkey · 7584 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.16 km NW of Dinar, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.01 km S of Tavas, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.09 km WNW of Karamanl?, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.012 km NE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.23 km WSW of Akköy, Turkey · 7579 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.79 km NE of Dinar, Turkey · 7547 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Buharkent, Turkey · 7547 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.927 km SSW of Kale, Turkey · 7533 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Dinar, Turkey · 7529 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6v9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:44 AM UTC.