Turkey earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 7 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey on Sat, Oct 21, 2006, 10:30 AM GMT+3 (07:30 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 4 km W of Gemlik, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-21 07:30:36 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.288° N, 28.001° 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 usp000evpc. 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
8

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.09 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.911 km SSE of Kumba?, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 5.04 km W of Gemlik, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 51
  4. 3.620 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.910 km SW of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7283 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.93 km W of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7282 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.710 km WSW of Küçükkumla, Turkey · 7282 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.99 km SE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7273 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 3.013 km S of Band?rma, Turkey · 7264 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 3.624 km SW of Marmara Ere?lisi, Turkey · 7255 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.820 km NE of Karacabey, Turkey · 7241 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.68 km N of Çan, Turkey · 7241 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 3.66 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7239 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 4.620 km N of Karacabey, Turkey · 7227 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 4.814 km SSE of Band?rma, Turkey · 7287 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 67
  2. 3.721 km ESE of Lapseki, Turkey · 7295 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evpc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC.