M2.7 earthquake 19 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 19 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey on Tue, Dec 12, 2006, 4:33 AM GMT+2 (02:33 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 22 km N of Datça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-12 02:33:32 UTC
- Depth
- 39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.650° N, 28.100° 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 usp000f01u. 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
- 221°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.023 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7228 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.3Western Turkey · 7221 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.70 km SW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7218 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.318 km WSW of Ula, Turkey · 7218 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.80 km ENE of Bay?r, Turkey · 7217 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.80 km W of Bay?r, Turkey · 7217 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.624 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7215 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.118 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7215 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.225 km SSW of Sými, Greece · 7215 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.45 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7208 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.38 km WSW of Ula, Turkey · 7206 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7205 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7200 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.324 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 7200 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7196 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.010 km ESE of Émponas, Greece · 7191 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.129 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7190 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.26 km N of Ula, Turkey · 7189 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.222 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7183 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.019 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7180 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.414 km SW of Yaniklar, Turkey · 7178 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.313 km N of Ródos, Greece · 7236 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.022 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7246 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.230 km SW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7247 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.38 km NNW of Mandráki, Greece · 7253 days ago · 137 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.212 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 7258 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.12 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7262 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.115 km SSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7263 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f01u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.