Turkey earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 15 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey on Wed, Dec 27, 2006, 6:57 AM GMT+2 (04:57 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 21 km WNW of Behram, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-27 04:57:38 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.329° N, 25.975° 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 usp000f13n. 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
235°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.329 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7219 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.720 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7218 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.4Aegean Sea · 7218 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 3.342 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.629 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7207 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.225 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.528 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7207 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.821 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.633 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7206 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.523 km NE of Samothráki, Greece · 7184 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 3.424 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7178 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 3.82 km N of Behram, Turkey · 7160 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 3.721 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 7221 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 3.322 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 7221 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 3.619 km NE of Gelibolu, Turkey · 7232 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.68 km N of Çan, Turkey · 7241 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f13n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC.