M3.6 earthquake 19 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 19 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey on Thu, Dec 14, 2006, 9:54 AM GMT+2 (07:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 15 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-14 07:54:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.540° N, 26.820° 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 usp000f06c. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 229°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.015 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7219 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.720 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7218 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.4Aegean Sea · 7218 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.512 km NW of Erdek, Turkey · 7216 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.915 km NNW of Marmara, Turkey · 7201 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.511 km NNW of Band?rma, Turkey · 7190 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.523 km NE of Samothráki, Greece · 7185 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.713 km SSW of Kumba?, Turkey · 7179 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.424 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7179 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f06c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.