M3.8 earthquake 3 km WSW of Edremit, Turkey
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Edremit, Turkey on Mon, Mar 20, 2006, 2:03 AM GMT+2 (00:03 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-20 00:03:43 UTC
- Depth
- 26.6 km (16.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.585° N, 26.983° 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 usp000ecgz. 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
- 218°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.34 km ENE of Behram, Turkey · 7484 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.610 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7483 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.518 km NW of Edremit, Turkey · 7483 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.34 km E of Plomári, Greece · 7482 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.123 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7476 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.911 km NNE of Gönen, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7452 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Çan, Turkey · 7452 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ecgz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC.