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M3.0 earthquake 31 km NE of Datça, Turkey

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 31 km NE of Datça, Turkey on Thu, Sep 28, 2006, 9:22 PM GMT+3 (18:22 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 30 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-09-28 18:22:42 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.950° N, 27.920° 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 usp000eu0p. 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
216°, 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.237 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 7304 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 3.530 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.530 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 3.325 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7302 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.918 km SE of Kos, Greece · 7301 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.022 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7300 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.418 km S of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7293 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.117 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7287 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 3.123 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7266 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.019 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7266 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.115 km SSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7263 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.12 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7262 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.212 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 7258 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 3.38 km NNW of Mandráki, Greece · 7253 days ago · 137 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 3.030 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 7315 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.95 km NNE of Milas, Turkey · 7323 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 3.526 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7324 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 4.520 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7328 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.99 km NE of Mandráki, Greece · 7334 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eu0p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.