M3.0 earthquake 1 km S of Tavas, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km S of Tavas, Turkey on Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 12:43 PM GMT+2 (10:43 UTC), 22 km (14 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
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-29 10:43:28 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.556° N, 29.071° 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 usp000e75g. 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
- 154°
- Stations used
- 5
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
- 3.09 km WNW of Karamanl?, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.012 km NE of Alt?nyayla, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.23 km WSW of Akköy, Turkey · 7579 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.410 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7560 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.29 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7560 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.12 km W of Göcek, Turkey · 7557 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Buharkent, Turkey · 7547 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.927 km SSW of Kale, Turkey · 7533 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.35 km WNW of Ortaca, Turkey · 7527 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.11 km NE of Akköy, Turkey · 7584 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Bay?r, Turkey · 7585 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.38 km ESE of Pamukkale, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.018 km WSW of Gölhisar, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.111 km NE of Honaz, Turkey · 7587 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e75g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.