M3.1 earthquake 18 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 18 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey on Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 7:42 PM GMT+3 (16:42 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 13 km W of Seferihisar, 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
- 2006-04-13 16:42:41 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.170° N, 26.530° 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 usp000eee5. 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
- 163°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.120 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.414 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.720 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 7453 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7453 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.49 km S of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7449 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7445 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.117 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7443 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.713 km WNW of Foça, Turkey · 7430 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.44 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 7417 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 7417 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.213 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7417 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.213 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7477 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.622 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7478 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.34 km E of Plomári, Greece · 7482 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.610 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7484 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.420 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7486 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.418 km S of Plomári, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7493 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.322 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7493 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7499 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.26 km N of Torbal?, Turkey · 7499 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.218 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7499 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.515 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7501 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.019 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece · 7501 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.413 km WSW of Menderes, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.521 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.111 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7504 days ago · 49 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.23 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece · 7506 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.217 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7506 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eee5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.