M3.2 earthquake 22 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey on Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 2:59 PM GMT+2 (12:59 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 10 km N of Marmaris, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-29 12:59:03 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.536° N, 28.831° 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 usp000e75r. 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
- 110°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.012 km NE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.350 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.329 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7566 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.410 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7560 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.29 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7560 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.456 km WSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7557 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.12 km W of Göcek, Turkey · 7557 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.927 km SSW of Kale, Turkey · 7533 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.35 km WNW of Ortaca, Turkey · 7527 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 3.023 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.313 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 7586 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.018 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.210 km SE of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7591 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.514 km S of Ka?, Turkey · 7610 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e75r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.