M3.1 earthquake 7 km SW of Soma, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Soma, Turkey on Fri, May 6, 2005, 10:54 PM GMT+3 (19:54 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km S of Alt?noluk, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-06 19:54:49 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.131° N, 27.557° 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 usp000dq2w. 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
- 72°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.818 km SSE of Kepsut, Turkey · 7816 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.66 km S of Alt?noluk, Turkey · 7814 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.5Near the coast of western Turkey · 7791 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.613 km S of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7767 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 3.19 km E of Saruhanl?, Turkey · 7825 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.618 km NE of Bigadiç, Turkey · 7828 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.615 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 7828 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Gömeç, Turkey · 7835 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.37 km ENE of Soma, Turkey · 7840 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 7845 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dq2w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.