Turkey earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 18 km W of Datça, Turkey

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 18 km W of Datça, Turkey on Wed, Jun 28, 2006, 2:44 PM GMT+3 (11:44 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 10 km E of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-28 11:44:00 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.750° N, 27.480° 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 usp000emfx. 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
88°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.70 km WSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7401 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.726 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7401 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.71 km W of Bay?r, Turkey · 7400 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.924 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7400 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.923 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7400 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.024 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.926 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.65 km SSE of Bay?r, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.210 km E of Lárdos, Greece · 7397 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.77 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7396 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.112 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 7390 days ago · 119 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.141 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7380 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.644 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7380 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.327 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7378 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.216 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7377 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.522 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7372 days ago · 129 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.129 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7371 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 3.822 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 3.441 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 3.627 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7360 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 3.628 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7360 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 3.312 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7359 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 4.032 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 7359 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 4.030 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7358 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 3.231 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7358 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 3.77 km W of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7351 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 3.849 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.341 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 3.125 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7346 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7344 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 3.147 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.943 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.942 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 3.026 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7401 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.77 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7402 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.732 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7403 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.74 km SSE of Bay?r, Turkey · 7403 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.63 km WNW of Mu?la, Turkey · 7403 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.93 km W of Bay?r, Turkey · 7403 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.219 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7403 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 3.14 km SW of Pánormos, Greece · 7404 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.71 km ENE of Bay?r, Turkey · 7404 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.810 km SSE of Datça, Turkey · 7404 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.86 km W of Ula, Turkey · 7404 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.85 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7404 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.319 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 7407 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.830 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7416 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 3.428 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7416 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 3.324 km WNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7416 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.023 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7417 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 3.319 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 7418 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 3.526 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 7423 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.924 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7427 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000emfx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.