M3.2 earthquake 6 km SSW of Datça, Turkey
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Datça, Turkey on Sun, Mar 5, 2006, 3:20 AM GMT+2 (01:20 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-05 01:20:04 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.689° N, 27.645° 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 usp000ebe9. 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
- 254°, 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: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.98 km N of Ródos, Greece · 7507 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.922 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7505 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.024 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.114 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7503 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.422 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7502 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.518 km S of Sými, Greece · 7501 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.022 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7501 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.924 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7501 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.414 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7500 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7500 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.917 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7500 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7495 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.318 km ESE of Sými, Greece · 7494 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.153 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7494 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7493 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.830 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 7493 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.924 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7486 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.425 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7484 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.325 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7481 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.59 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.122 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7476 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.515 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7474 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7474 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.114 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7474 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7474 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.516 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7474 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.14 km NNE of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.214 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.211 km NNE of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.714 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.616 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.016 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.515 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.814 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.78 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7472 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.213 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7470 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 3.416 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7520 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.35 km WNW of Ortaca, Turkey · 7528 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7533 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7545 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.423 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7547 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebe9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC.