M3.0 earthquake 3 km SW of Fethiye, Turkey
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Fethiye, Turkey on Tue, May 9, 2006, 10:13 AM GMT+3 (07:13 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 31 km E of Ula, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-05-09 07:13:10 UTC
- Depth
- 19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.616° N, 29.095° 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 usp000egne. 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
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
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 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.23 km SW of Tefenni, Turkey · 7449 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.23 km ESE of Dalaman, Turkey · 7445 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.513 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7442 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.525 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7411 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.47 km NNE of Göcek, Turkey · 7407 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.86 km W of Ula, Turkey · 7404 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Mu?la, Turkey · 7403 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.412 km W of Kalkan, Turkey · 7402 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.133 km S of Kale, Turkey · 7401 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.931 km E of Ula, Turkey · 7401 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.923 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.136 km WSW of Elmal?, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.034 km NNE of Kalkan, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.532 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7394 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.213 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7469 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.814 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.515 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.016 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.616 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.714 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.211 km NNE of Marmaris, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.214 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Marmaris, Turkey · 7472 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.14 km NNE of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.516 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.114 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.515 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7473 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000egne. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC.