M3.3 earthquake 4 km SE of Akhisar, Turkey
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Akhisar, Turkey on Mon, Oct 23, 2006, 10:06 PM GMT+3 (19:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km ESE of Akhisar, 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
- 2006-10-23 19:06:03 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.893° N, 27.878° 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 usp000evvm. 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.110 km SW of Kemalpa?a, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.32 km SE of Menemen, Turkey · 7281 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.77 km SE of K?rka?aç, Turkey · 7247 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.58 km E of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 7247 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.94 km ESE of Akhisar, Turkey · 7237 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.40 km N of Akhisar, Turkey · 7236 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.216 km SSE of Turgutlu, Turkey · 7226 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 3.92 km SW of Akhisar, Turkey · 7284 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.015 km N of Dikili, Turkey · 7290 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.515 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7305 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.85 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7306 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.83 km SE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 7306 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Foça, Turkey · 7310 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evvm. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.