M3.5 earthquake 4 km NW of Behram, Turkey
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 4 km NW of Behram, Turkey on Wed, Aug 23, 2006, 8:08 PM GMT+3 (17:08 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km N of Dikili, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-23 17:08:49 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.530° N, 26.300° 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 usp000erk4. 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
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.113 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7343 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.311 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7333 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.313 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7332 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7322 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.720 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 7322 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7322 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.37 km W of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7321 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.42 km N of Mytilene, Greece · 7320 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Geyikli, Turkey · 7315 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.721 km ESE of Lapseki, Turkey · 7294 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.222 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 7294 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.89 km S of Loutrá, Greece · 7292 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.015 km N of Dikili, Turkey · 7290 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.345 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece · 7287 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7286 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 3.87 km ENE of Gömeç, Turkey · 7347 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.525 km WSW of Çan, Turkey · 7350 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.211 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7358 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.916 km S of Gömeç, Turkey · 7359 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.117 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7361 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.210 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.818 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7366 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.318 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7366 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.316 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.811 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.419 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.318 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.515 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 7374 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000erk4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:33 AM UTC.